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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS FOR BUSINESSES
PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS FOR BUSINESSES
SUPPLY SHORTAGES
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SUPPLY SHORTAGES
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Supply shortages will occur because of increased demand during the pandemic (i.e. cleaning supplies, face masks, disinfectants, home-based services, food, water etc.) with people stockpiling, panic buying, what they can in fear that the products they need to survive won't be able available in future if they buy as needed now.
Unfortunately they are right, the products won't be available. Panic buying and stockpiling is a common sight with news coverage showing the public emptying store shelves in the lead up to natural disasters such as hurricanes and the like.
The modern world in which we live is based on an '11th hour' approach to all consumer goods. Shops purchase what they need to stock for only a few days, perhaps a week or two at most in more isolated places. This doesn't include perishables and other fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) which have an even shorter shelf-life.
The cost of storage for stocking for any longer prohibits them from doing so, and we the public, have brought this upon ourselves with our continual demands for lower and lower prices.
Retailers have had to reduce their overheads to remain competitive and this includes storage space which these days comes at a hefty price.
When news that the pandemic has successfully taken hold and is spreading globally, we will witness and unprecedented rush to the shops and an emptying of shop shelves.
Businesses which have not already stockpiled enough face masks, hand gels, medicines and the like will not get a chance to buy even small amounts of what they need for several weeks until the initial panic has died down.
Even then supplies will be scarce, and as demand dwarfs supply the prices will reflect that imbalance accordingly.
Businesses which cannot provide any kind of protective equipment will have no chance of enticing staff back to the office to work.
Furthermore, your business's critical supplies will also be disrupted. We have provided a section in the manual to assist you with doing a risk assessment of your supplies and suppliers so you can assess what those critical supplies are to you and how exposed your business is to not getting them.
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Here are some other things to think about:
Supply shortages may also occur because of disruptions in transportation systems or inability of suppliers to meet demands because of their own staff shortages.
Some supply items travel considerable distances by truck, train, ship or aircraft, and are vulnerable to any disruption.
Absences of workers/drivers and other transportation staff may affect both the production and delivery of needed supply items.
Supply lines may also be affected by mandated or self-imposed travel restrictions (e.g. transporters unwilling to travel through or to infected areas).
You should discuss with key suppliers a plan for regular shipments in the event of supply shortages or disruptions in transportation systems.
International air movements may be disrupted in a pandemic, and this may impact on imported goods, especially if they normally arrive in freight-holds of passenger aircraft.
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| 01/20/2010 09:00 PM |
| 1918 And 2009 H1N1 Flu Probably Not Spread By Birds |
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The two strains of the H1N1 influenza virus responsible for the 1918 and 2009 global flu pandemics do not cause disease in birds. The results of the study, published in the February issue of the Journal of General Virology, also show it is unlikely that birds played a role in the spread of the H1N1 virus in these pandemics...
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| 01/14/2010 05:00 PM |
| New Research Findings Can Improve Avian Flu Surveillance Programs |
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Genetic analyses of avian influenza in wild birds can help pinpoint likely carrier species and geographic hot spots where Eurasian viruses would be most likely to enter North America, according to new U.S. Geological Survey research...
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| 01/08/2010 06:00 PM |
| NexBio Initiates Phase II Trial Of DAS181 (Fludase(R)) For Treatment Of Influenza, Including Pandemic Influenza A(H1N1) |
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NexBio, Inc. announced the initiation of a double blind placebo controlled multi-center trial in the U.S. and Mexico of DAS181 (Fludase®) for the treatment of laboratory confirmed influenza infection. DAS181 is an investigational host-targeted drug candidate that blocks entry of influenza virus into cells of the respiratory tract...
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| 01/07/2010 08:00 PM |
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| 12/25/2009 04:00 PM |
| Compound Found To Safely Counter Deadly Bird Flu |
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The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public-health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec...
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| 12/22/2009 06:00 PM |
| Compound Found To Safely Counter Deadly Bird Flu |
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The specter of a drug-resistant form of the deadly H5N1 avian influenza is a nightmare to keep public health officials awake at night. Now, however, a study published this week (Dec...
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| 12/22/2009 05:00 PM |
| Medicago Reports Positive Phase I Results For Its Avian Flu Pandemic Vaccine |
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Medicago Inc. (TSX-V: MDG) a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), reported positive interim results from a Phase I human clinical trial with its H5N1 Avian Influenza vaccine candidate ("H5N1 vaccine")...
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| 12/07/2009 06:00 PM |
| 'Rational Drug Design' Identifies Fragments Of FDA-Approved Drugs Relevant To Emerging Viruses |
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A massive, data-crunching computer search program that matches fragments of potential drug molecules to the known shapes of viral surface proteins has identified several FDA-approved drugs that could be the basis for new medicines -- if emerging viruses such as the H5N1(avian flu) or H1N1/09 (swine flu) develop resistance to current antiviral therapies -- according to a present...
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| 12/04/2009 07:00 PM |
| Transplant Infectious Disease Experts Provide Pandemic Guidance |
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| 11/17/2009 04:00 PM |
| Scientists Put Interactive Flu Tracking At Public's Fingertips |
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New methods of studying avian influenza strains and visually mapping their movement around the world will help scientists more quickly learn the behavior of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus, Ohio State University researchers say...
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| 11/02/2009 04:00 PM |
| Potential Downside Of Yearly Influenza Vaccination For Children |
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An article published Online First and in the December edition of The Lancet Infectious Diseases discusses the benefits and disadvantages of vaccination for children against seasonal flu. It reports that infection with "seasonal" influenza A could in fact benefit children by giving them improved immunity against pandemic strains such as the current swine flu H1N1 strain...
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| 10/26/2009 07:00 PM |
| News From The Journals Of The American Society For Microbiology |
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Genes May Determine Susceptibility to H5N1 Avian Influenza A Virus Infection A new study found genetic variations in mice affect their susceptibility to and severity of H5N1 avian influenza A virus infection suggesting that humans who contract the virus may be genetically predisposed. The researchers from St...
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| 10/22/2009 04:00 PM |
| Rice, UT-Austin Team Wins Stimulus Funds To Study Influenza A |
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Rice University scientists have won a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to scrutinize the influenza A virus for clues that could lead to more effective antiviral drugs. Strains of influenza A include this year's pandemic H1N1 variety, some seasonal varieties and the much-feared H5N1 bird flu...
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| 10/15/2009 09:00 PM |
| Previous Flu Viruses Provided Some Immunity To Current Swine Flu, Study Shows |
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University of California, Davis, researchers studying the 2009 H1N1 influenza virus, formerly referred to as "swine flu," have identified a group of immunologically important sites on the virus that are also present in seasonal flu viruses that have been circulating for years...
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| 10/14/2009 05:00 PM |
| ImmuneRegen BioSciences(R) Initiates Homspera(R) Studies Against Global Influenza Threat |
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ImmuneRegen BioSciences, Inc.®, a wholly owned subsidiary of IR Biosciences Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: IRBS), announced that its lead anti-influenza drug, Homspera, will be tested for efficacy against highly lethal H5N1 Avian Influenza in the laboratories of a widely respected University scientist...
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| 10/09/2009 05:00 PM |
| Protecting Humans And Animals From Diseases In Wildlife |
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Avian influenza (H5N1), rabies, plague, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), and more recently swine flu (H1N1) are all examples of diseases that have made the leap from animals to humans...
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| 10/06/2009 09:00 PM |
| News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, October 6, 2009 |
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Early Releases: 1. Earlier H1N1 Vaccination Prevents More Deaths, Saves Health Care Costs A vaccine for H1N1 influenza is anticipated to become available this fall. With the amount and timing of vaccine release still in question, policy makers struggle to set priorities regarding who should be vaccinated when...
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| 10/02/2009 06:00 PM |
| Medicago Begins Human Clinical Testing With Its Avian Flu Pandemic Vaccine |
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Medicago Inc. (TSX-V: MDG) a biotechnology company focused on developing highly effective and affordable vaccines based on proprietary manufacturing technologies and Virus-Like Particles (VLPs), today announced that it has initiated a Phase I human clinical trial with its H5N1 Avian Influenza vaccine ("H5N1 vaccine"). Enrolment is ongoing and vaccination has commenced...
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| 08/28/2009 07:00 PM |
| H1N1 Flu In Turkeys May Spread |
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The detection of an H1N1 virus in turkeys in Chile raises concern that poultry farms elsewhere in the world could also become infected with the pandemic flu virus currently circulating in humans, FAO said today. Chilean authorities reported on 20 August that the pandemic H1N1/2009 virus was present in turkeys in two farms near the seaport of Valparaiso, Chile...
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| 08/28/2009 06:00 PM |
| Lakewood-Amedex Inc. To Develop Broad Spectrum Influenza Drug To Include H1N1 And H5N1 Type A Strains |
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