CONTENTS
Chapter 2: What exactly is a pandemic?
2.1 Known diseases that could cause a pandemic
2.2 Biological warfare and terrorism
Chapter 3: And the origin of the coronavirus was…
Chapter 4: Why did nobody warn us?
4.3 Bill Gates – “The next outbreak? We’re not ready”
4.4 Business Continuity and the Pandemic Threat
4.6 The fragility of tourism in the face of a pandemic
4.7 Leading virologist warns top corporations
4.8 International Security Expo – December 2019
4.9 So, was anyone really listening to the warnings?
4.12 The final word on global preparedness
Chapter 5: Is it too late to write a pandemic plan?
5.1 Did you have a pandemic plan in place?
Chapter 6: Managing the crisis
6.1 The crisis management leadership profile
6.2 When an organisation’s leader is the crisis
6.3 Who should be on the crisis management team?
6.4 What about a CMT meeting agenda?
Chapter 7: Lockdowns: Saving lives, shattering economies
7.1 Wuhan, China – The world’s first mass lockdown
7.2 Lockdowns, saunas and vodka
7.3 You can’t rob us of our rights and our liberty
7.4 Running a business during lockdown
Chapter 8: Validating your pandemic plan
8.1 Wave one: Pandemic exercise
8.2 Teaching children by remote learning
8.3 Is your work environment safe?
Chapter 9: Vaccinations – A silver bullet?
Chapter 10: Testing and tracing
10.2 Could medical detection dogs help?
Chapter 11: It’s an ill wind …
12.1 Business interruption insurance
12.2 Debbie Gallimore – Nutritionist
12.4 From a cancelled gin festival to jam making
12.6 From The London Kitchen to COVID testing centre
12.7 From hairdressing to ladies’ lingerie
12.8 The Seed Co-operative, Spalding, Lincolnshire, UK
12.10 Louis’ Steak House – Hong Kong
Chapter 13: Impact on education
13.1 The Royal Hospital School, Ipswich, UK
13.2 Cottage Grove School, Portsmouth, UK
13.3 Hangzhou Primary Schools, China
13.4 English Language Schools face a bleak future
13.8 The lost school productions
14.1 Why singers might be COVID-19 super-spreaders
14.3 Personalised videos on the rise
Chapter 15: The psychological impact
Chapter 16: Some personal stories
16.2 Sally – An essential shop worker’s story
16.4 Elizabeth and Gordon’s story
16.5 ‘Pompey’ in the Community (PiTC)
16.6 Long COVID – Claire and Sarah’s stories
Chapter 17: Time yet for a review?
Chapter 18: Companion book contents
Appendix A: Other publications by the author
Appendix B: Useful free resource downloads
Appendix F: Permissions and licences