Over the years we’ve heard many people state that a control cannot modify consequence – especially in the public health space. Well, we’ve been considering this a lot lately and we just want to put a common sense lens on this statement. Here we have a look at the importance of understanding your controls in context, and understanding what controls modify which part of the Likelihood x Consequence equation.
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I probably do not need to tell you that if a person coughs anywhere near you, you should immediately make yourself scarce. Droplets in the air containing virus particles are spreading out and wafting their way toward you. Even if the person coughing shows none of the symptoms of COVID-19, such as fever, dry cough, or headache, they could have a mild case, or even exhibit no symptoms at all, yet still spread the virus to you. Continue reading
COVID-19 is now among the ranks of The Black Death, Spanish ‘Flu, and SARS. Another submicroscopic demon is attacking humanity and bringing the mankind of this Information Age to its knees both physically and economically despite its insignificant size.
Viruses have been around longer than man and, when we become part of a future paleaontological record, they will still be plaguing whatever species takes over from us. Continue reading
In some countries, most notably Italy, Spain, and the United States, confirmed COVID-19 cases are exploding and overcoming the ability of the infrastructure to care for the afflicted. In others, such as China and South Korea, the number of new cases has either been reduced to a trickle, or never took off in the first place. What’s the difference? What are China and South Korea doing that Italy, Spain, and the United States are not? Continue reading
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal on November 19,2008, Rahm Emanuel was quoted as saying; “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that [is] it’s an opportunity to do things that you think you could not before.” Continue reading