Businesses are concerned about an Avian Flu pandemic but aren't sure what course of action to take, according to a survey released today by the Disability Management Employer Coalition (DMEC), an employer-based organization in San Diego, Calif.
The survey found that while organizations are discussing repercussions of a possible pandemic, they are waiting for direction from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Joseph Wozniak, DMEC spokesman, said that while about 60 percent of businesses are discussing how they would handle the issue, "the downside is that we don't know to what degree is that discussion being held and at how high a level in a company is it being held?"
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