Crisis management expert and author Edward Segal is available to provide his insights and observations to news organizations about the following aspects of the coronavirus crisis:
- What can we learn from other health crises such as the influenza, polio, AIDS, and Ebola that we should apply to this crisis?
- What's the most important thing to do in a public health crisis such as this one?
- What's the first rule of crisis management that should be applied to this rapidly developing situation?
- Is there something the government should be doing that it is not doing now?
- How would you grade the President's response to the crisis?
- Should the country's commander in chief also be the scientist in chief?
- Who should we trust in this crisis: the politicians or the scientists?
- Do you think the government should share with the public their detailed plans for dealing with worst-case scenarios about the virus?
- What is the impact of having government officials making contradictory statements about the status and future of the disease?
- What can we expect will happen next?
Edward Segal is the author of the forthcoming book on crisis management: Crisis Ready — 101 Ways to Prepare for and Bounce Back from Disasters, Scandals, and Other Emergencies (Nicholas Brealey/Hachette). The book can be pre-ordered at https://amzn.to/2qTbCfi
Contact Segal at GetCrisisReady@gmail.com or visit GetCrisisReady.com.
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