Pandemic Scenarios
Discussion of pandemics often involves dry, and to some people, boring recitations of facts. However, a severe to very severe pandemic will likely be the worst thing that happens in most people's lives. Fictional scenarios are one way for people to get an idea of what life would be like during a pandemic. On this page, you will find links to a collection of different scenarios - some text, some video.
Videos
BBC video that provides scientific background regarding pandemics and H5N1 combined with a plausible scenario describing how a pandemic might play out.
From September 24 through October 12, The Financial Banking Information Infrastructure Committee (FBIIC) and the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council (FSSCC) conducted a pandemic flu exercise for the financial services sector in the United States. The exercise was sponsored by the US Department of the Treasury and the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.
A depiction of what happened in 1918, the worst well-described flu pandemic known. YouTube.
Not for children - no rating, but equivalent to an "R" for violence. Cautionary tale of what could happen during a pandemic.
Online Novels
A description of how a family copes with a pandemic in Tampa, Florida. Written by Kathy in Florida.
A description of a what a pandemic might be like in Kingston, Ontario. Written by CanadaSue.
Set in Sydney, after the bird flu pandemic. Three hundred survivors in a city of the dead. Written by Darryl Mason.
Fictional blog
Fictional blog describing an ongoing pandemic. Written by Declan Butler in Nature Magazine.
Short Stories
Projection of what will happen if essential workers are prepared properly...or not. Written by Monotreme.
Satire. When preps aren't enough. Written by Monotreme.