Economic Impact

Here you'll find carefully vetted resources that help you understand and explain to others the macroeconomic context of an influenza pandemic for your business or organization. CIDRAP Business Source continually looks for and posts only we feel are trustworthy resources, particularly ones that account for variables often neglected in economic modeling approaches. Use these resources to inform your analyses and make credible presentations.

Articles from the Source Weekly Briefing/Osterholm Briefing

The epidemic of statistical modeling studies that 'predict' the future: Don't be a victim as you prepare for the next pandemic
Be very careful about the statistics you use to support your preparedness plan. In particular, take the vast majority of complex statistical modeling studies that often appear in the mainstream media today, offering a glimpse of what might be true of the next pandemic. Then toss them out.

What does food industry preparedness mean for you? Plenty
If workers can't get access to food during a pandemic, how can they be expected to be available and willing to work?

Pandemic could cause deep, uneven recession, group predicts
Use these data to make your case that a substantial investment in preparedness is as smart as buying insurance for your company's buildings.

Corporate pandemic preparedness
Michael Evangelides highlights essential statistics from surveys on corporate pandemic preparedness involving financial, human resource, and risk officers.

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