Since it is currently flu season, which is from October to March, NYU public health disaster students Bethlehem Tesfaye and Carly Malburg have developed a plan focused on the Northern Virginian INOVA health network where the population represented is one of the most negatively impacted by influenza.
Their plan focuses on a two-tier approach: a plan for the community and a plan for the hospitals to effectively respond, slow the spread and work towards prevention of an outbreak.
Read their great work here.