The Canadian government is practicing risk management this week. It has begun administering H1N1 vaccines as part of the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history. But did it assess the impact and likelihood of H1N1 risk properly before implementing…
Dangerous pathogens and other shower risks
There is a story out today about how shower heads can deliver a face full of dangerous pathogens. According to the story “researchers” analyzed 50 shower heads and found 30 percent “harbored significant levels of a pathogen linked to lung…
H. Felix Kloman – Mosquitoes and Handguns
Felix Kloman is to risk management what Peter Drucker is to management. A legend. I only hope to do this risk thing as long as Mr. Kloman and one day earn a fraction of his rock star status. Mr. Kloman…
Dishwasher risk management
In the book Freakonomics, the authors present data to support the fact that more children are killed by drowning in backyard pools than by handguns. However, as parents we are more likely to not permit our kids to go to…