Public Health Crisis Communication

Hurricane season is upon us! Big snowstorms and icestorms are around the corner! And it’s always the season for food-borne diseases, sewage spills into the water system, or infectious disease outbreaks – there’s always a public health crisis somewhere. If you have had experience with communicating during a public health crisis, please share your lessons learned. What was the crisis? How did you communicate with the media? the community? others? What were some of your challenges? What do you recommend to others facing a public health crisis?