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Effective crisis management of this nature requires rehearsal and drilling, even if just an administrative / tabletop exercise. The chaos described is a classic
by galacticaactual 7y ago
Effective crisis management of this nature requires rehearsal and drilling, even if just an administrative / tabletop exercise. The chaos described is a classic symptom of not doing so.
- fennecfoxen 7y agoThis is to be expected, as the article notes — "Japan lacks an agency like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, charged with applying research to public health ... NIID is focused on basic research."
- catalogia 7y agoI'm under the impression the Japanese government received some withering criticism for their bureaucratic mismanaged response to the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami; I expected they would have revisited their emergency response procedures after that, but I guess not?
- claudeganon 7y agoJapan has effectively been a corrupt, one party democracy for decades and press freedom has dropped dramatically since Abe’s rise to power/attacks on it. Imagine if something like Trump administration had been in charge for the same length of time in a culture where popular dissent has been all but quashed, most people were baby boomers, and the government silenced reporters. It’s a recipe for disaster and immune to criticism.
- Sojuwa 7y agoOrange man bad...
- DataWorker 7y agoPrepping matters.