Week 10 Blogging

Information Sheet for Pandemic Media Kit

SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY MATRIX PANDEMIC & EMERGENCY PLANNING
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The following should provide you with definitions for terms that are heard when discussing a pandemic and also a few places where more information can be found on the topic.

Pandemic- Pandemic is defined as a disease that is prevalent throughout an entire country, continent, or the whole world.

Quarantine – Quarantine is defined as a strict isolation imposed to prevent the spread of disease.

Isolation – Isolation is defined as the complete separation from others of a person suffering from

contagious or infectious disease.

www.pandemicflu.gov – This page contains information about federal, state, local, business, individual, etc. planning about what to do, and what’s being done, in the case of a possible pandemic flu.

www.hhs.gov – This page is for the Department of Health and Human Services, and contains information on their pandemic influenza plan.

www.cdc.gov – This is the page for the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This site offers valuable information on how to control and stop the spread of certain sicknesses.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/infocus/pandemicflu/ - This page contains a copy for the national implementation plan for pandemic influenza.

Brandon Brooks