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Change management experts are returning to their themes of adaptability, including life and business always accepting change as a constant. In some ways it is refreshing. Yet the day-to-day strategy changes, coupled with statistical analysis have most people running in place awaiting what comes next.
From what has been published in recent weeks related to Covid-19, we offer a look at business issues, consequences and a focus on moving forward.
Part 1: What do the analysts say is happening to the animal health industry?
Sources:
A. Normal is always new, Becoming minimalist. April 12, 2020. Link.
The only constant in life is change. And “normal” tomorrow was always going to be different than normal today.” Joshua Becker
B. Top 10 influences of COVID-19 on human & veterinary medicine, Clinician’s Brief, April 3, 2020. Link. It is apparent that those in the veterinary profession are inextricably tied to human medical counterparts in numerous ways.
C. How are practices coping with the new COVID-19 reality? VHMA Insiders’ Insights, April 2002. Link. Veterinary hospital managers from over 600 practices weighed in on key economic indicators and issues impacting the profession.
D. The State of Now: The Economic Impact to Our Profession, The Bridge Club, April 22, 2020. Link. AVMA’s Chief Economist Dr. Matthew Salois shared the current economic view of the profession in a live virtual event that will be published for the industry. Salois covered some of the information he has shared recently on Linked In < link >.
E. Impact of social distancing on end-of-life veterinary care, DVM 360, April 12, 2020. Link.
F. The coronavirus isn’t alive, Washington Post, March 23, 2020. Link. The zombielike existence of RNA viruses makes them easy to catch and hard to kill. They have none of the traditional trappings of life: metabolism, motion, the ability to reproduce.
Outside a host, viruses are dormant.