Social Distancing Experiment
Joan Bishop is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm. Her specialty is All Hazards Health Preparedness.
In this segment, Joan Bishop provides insight into a social distancing experiment that involved 75 call center workers. The workers were placed in an environment that simulated a pandemic.
Some of the key aspects of the experiment included:
- Workers had to modify behavior in terms of reducing physical interaction with other workers.
- Workers were encouraged to increase hand washing, wiping door handles, and wiping keyboards.
- The ability of the workers to continue performing their jobs was closely observed.
- The experiment was valuable because the ability of an organization to move forward during a pandemic was documented.
View more discussions with Joan Bishop on All Hazards Health Preparedness:
- All Hazards Health Preparedness: Overview podcast
- Government Agencies Booz Allen Focuses On podcast
- Key Challenges podcast
- All Hazards Health Preparedness Workstreams podcast
- Success of Simulation Exercises podcast
- Social Distancing Experiment podcast
- Recent Events podcast
- Potential Impact on the U.S. Economy podcast
- The Future of All Hazards Health Preparedness podcast
