- What can be done to keep ahead of the Avian Flu?
Vern C. McCorkle and the Alaska Business Monthly has published an excellent think piece for businesses to consider. It’s in the March 2006 issue, pages 28-31. Unfortunately, it isn’t available on-line and all their own reprints are gone already (500!).
However, the publisher has kindly provided a pdf file version. If you can’t find a copy of the magazine article to reprint, let me know. I’m trying to find someone who can reprint the file and distribute copies to regional businesses, so it is easier for us locally to get a copy to read.
In the same issue is a related story by Deborah J. Myers, pages 68 to 71—
A Healthy Workplace: Employees need to be proactive in their diets and preventive care to remain healthy and to help their businesses remain profitable.
Obtain a copy from the locations in the comments. If that isn’t possible, please let me know.
Pam
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Here is an example of one of many news stories which may affect business locally, even though the headline is over the top (exaggerated) —
“Bird flu could reach Alaska in weeks
‘Avian-flu index’ is up 105% since last August
By Ciara Linnane, MarketWatch
Last Update: 2:43 PM ET Mar 29, 2006
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. government officials monitoring the spread of avian influenza are expecting the first case to reach Alaska in about three weeks and to hit the West Coast by autumn, Prudential Equity Group said Wednesday.”
http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/
The local public health office said they would be able to reprint the article. Contact them at 543-2110 (Tim Struna).
Copies may also be available from Wells Fargo locally.
Greenhammer is set up similar to this but for the Seattle area
He has a fairly extensive listing of sources for business planning, here
http://www.greenhammer.net/post/74
and here
http://www.greenhammer.net/post/73
Wells Fargo Bank in Bethel may also be able to provide a hard copy of the article. The Chamber of Commerce was asked to help out in the distribution but they were uninterested.