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...world’s wealthier nations to donate more vaccines to help stop the impending epidemic. The United States, Brazil, and France have all agreed to donate 10 percent of their vaccine stockpiles to other nations, with manufacturers providing an additional 150 million vaccines, but in the face of H1N1 potentially reaching a third of the population, this may not be sufficient...
...state is to take care of its own citizens. However, nations should also be open to helping the welfare of less advantaged countries who do not have the infrastructure to cope with health outbreaks themselves. Fortunately, these two goals are not incompatible in the case of treating H1N1, which has begun to lay low several Harvard undergraduates and threatens to experience a massive resurgence this fall...
...Then there's the fear of H1N1 mutation into a more lethal virus. "The 2009 H1N1 virus has not changed or evolved, and the vaccine for it is the best match with any flu strain we've had for decades," says Joe Quimby, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "But we can't speculate about what could happen in the months to come...
...While a potential H1N1 pandemic may be complex to consider, workplace plans to address it can be quite simple. Mavity characterizes these as little more than well-thought-out checklists, generally drafted by department heads, which detail who does what to keep the business running. He advises companies to name two coordinators of the emergency plan itself "in case one gets felled by the virus," and to cross-train contingency people. Prioritizing is essential. If your company's lifeblood depends on, say, IT, says Mavity, make sure you allocate enough resources to it, like adding a second Web master...
...Small businesses and organizations with general emergency plans already in place are one step ahead of the game. "Adding an H1N1 component to our overall plan increased employee awareness of the issue," says Pat Meller, CFO of the nonprofit Philadelphia Foundation. She plans to use the organization's intranet to link to local websites that provide information about vaccination and other preventive measures. One challenge, she says, is getting her mostly 20- and 30-something workforce to take the potential epidemic seriously. "Young people tend to think it won't happen to them, so we're giving everyone...