I'm responsible for emergency planning for a organization that has 250+ employees and 12 remote sites plus a central admin office. We provide homes and services for developmentally challenged individuals. We are grappling right now with what to do if one site becomes infected. Many of our staff work multiple sites, and we are just now coming to terms with the idea of having to restrict staff that have worked at infected sites to work at only those sites. This is a pandora's box if ever there was one, but we must and will come to terms with it. Our goal is to create policies that ensure the mimimum number of people are exposed.

In our case, we cannot simply close up shop if a pandemic occurs. And, there are lots of other issues to consider as well. How do you move food and medications to these sites? What happens if the heating system at one of these sites breaks down, where do you find a technician willing to risk his life to enter such a site? The questions go on and on.