The Private Sector Needs to be Prepared — for Swine Flu and other crises
The private sector owns 85 percent of the nation’s critical infrastructure, and the government simply cannot protect it all. The latest hazard, Swine Flu, has the potential to become a pandemic. There are protocols and trained personnel to support an international effort to contain a pandemic in its earliest stages, including the release of Tamiflu and Relenza from the Strategic National Stockpile. Local, state and federal authorities, however, cannot effectively prepare for and respond to a pandemic without significant help from the private sector. If your company has not already conducted a pandemic drill now is the time to do so.
