Most health experts think the occurrence of an influenza pandemic is a question not of if but when. Were a pandemic to occur, it would prove devastating. But while all companies prepare for fire, only a handful prepare for pandemics-even though, statistically, a workplace is more likely to experience a pandemic than a fire. So how do you persuade senior management to invest in influenza pandemic planning? The Risk of Pandemic A pandemic is a large-scale outbreak of a highly infectious illness to which few, if any, people are immunologically resistant. An influenza pandemic is expected to be significantly worse than the […]