1. First “news”
from CNN,
BBC, ISOS,
others.
SWINE FLU
EMERGENCY Right of Boom
• React
• Respond
• Suffer
• Higher Economic Loss
• Recover
6 April 24 April
Veratect first no,ce on Verasight First news alert from CDC, WHO, CNN, BBC,
posted …… followed by many ISOS, etc.
addi,onal alerts of enhanced concern
and severity.

2. Veratect Situational Awareness Timeline – Swine Flu Crises
Veratect Subject MaHer Experts idenLfies earliest indicaLons on 6 April of the emerging respiratory disease threat. The ability to safeguard
general populaLon, to enable aviaLon, hospitality, shipping, manufacturing and consumer distribuLon enterprises to take criLcal steps to
avoid material economic distress is through the earliest detecLon of low frequency / high severity crises.
Veratect reported health alert due to a respiratory disease outbreak in La Gloria (Veracruz), Mexico.
4/06
400 recorded cases (60% of local populaLon affected)
4/16 Veratect reported addiLonal atypical pneumonia cases spreading to Oaxaca, Mexico and in proximity to
internaLonal airport with direct links to US. Veratect issues email alert to CDC
Veratect repeats email alerts to CDC.
4/17
Veratect reports rapidly expanding numbers of cases and widely geographic spreading of suspected
swine flu through Mexico and directly noLfies CDC and other public health agencies of high concern.
4/20 Veratect on high alert. Veratect users moving forward to apply acLon.
Veratect reports adult deaths in Oaxaca, Mexico due to atypical pneumonia. Heavily affected Mexican
4/21
states under thorough analysis by Veratect.
4/22 Veratect reports health officials in Oaxaca with respiratory disease.
4/22 Veratect reports events in Canada, Mexico and events in USA.
Veratect reports paLents monitored in Ontario, Canada for flu‐like illness, and hospital strain in Mexico
4/23 due to atypical pneumonia outbreak.
Veratect on high alert. Veratect users moving forward to apply acLon.
4/24 General news “flashed” by third parLes including CNN, BBC, ISOS, iJet three weeks aber the fact.

3. Veratect Situational Awareness Timeline – Swine Flu Crises
Veratect Subject MaHer Experts idenLfies earliest indicaLons on 6 April of the emerging respiratory disease threat. The ability to safeguard
general populaLon, to enable aviaLon, hospitality, shipping, manufacturing and consumer distribuLon enterprises to take criLcal steps to
avoid material economic distress is through the earliest detecLon of low frequency / high severity crises.
Veratect provides access to the earliest quan,fied
surveillance, intelligence and subsequent tracking of
Veratect report 1 (Veracruz)
4/06
disease events.
4/16 Veratect report 2
Many organizaLons and corporaLons are led to believe
(Oaxaca, Mexico)
that streaming “news” from ISOS, CRG, Straior
4/17 consLtutes the earliest knowledge.
Veratect report 3
Accessing feeds of news, unquanLfied to economic
Veratect report 4.
4/20
exposure and without the earliest idenLficaLon of risk
Veratect users taking acLon.
is the easy way to go however clearly will not meet the
4/21 Veratect report 5 (adult deaths). test of reasonableness of diligence and duty. Accessing
feeds of news is aber the fact, aber the Lme to take
opLmum acLon, and not in stakeholders best interest.
4/22 Veratect report 6
4/22 Veratect report 7
Veratect is the only source for the earliest risk
surveillance, iden,fica,on and determina,on of risk
4/23 Veratect report 8
impact on your business or your country.
Veratect on high alert. Veratect users moving forward to apply ac,on.
4/24 General news “flashed” by third par,es including ISOS, iJet three weeks aFer the fact and due to
news broadcasts.

4. Veratect has provided the earliest iden,fica,on of the swine flu crises, complete with
tracking the discreet indicators to every discreet loca,on of commercial customers, and
include the commercial economic implica,ons, and with the ,meliness to take ac,on.
Chris Lindley, MPH
As documented:
Director of Emergency Preparedness and
Response Colorado Department of Public
Health and Environment“
Without the con,nual feeds provided by
Veratect, the state of Colorado would have
been behind in our understanding of the full
scale and magnitude of the current threat
posed by swine influenza.
We now rely conLnually on Veratect
CorporaLon. From our assessment of current
informaLon sources, Veratect is the most valid
and quickest informaLon available in a format
that is easy to understand and make decisions.
IFRC Headquarters / Geneva
……. our (sic Veratect) alerts were quot;way
I highly recommend their services to any
ahead of everyone else, and Red Cross is government organizaLon or business seeking to
extremely thankful to Veratectquot;. keep abreast of emerging internaLonal health
threats.”