{"id":64388,"date":"2020-09-10T23:34:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/wearing-masks-could-become-part-of-troops-standard-post-covid-operating-procedure\/"},"modified":"2020-09-10T23:34:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T20:34:00","slug":"wearing-masks-could-become-part-of-troops-standard-post-covid-operating-procedure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wearing-masks-could-become-part-of-troops-standard-post-covid-operating-procedure\/","title":{"rendered":"#Wearing masks could become part of troops\u2019 standard post-COVID operating procedure"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Wearing masks could become part of troops\u2019 standard post-COVID operating procedure<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n By Meghann Myers, Military Times<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

September 10, 2020 |<\/span> 4:34pm <\/p>\n

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\n CAMP SMITH, Hawaii \u2015 Wearing masks, wiping down work spaces and quarantine periods have presented a fringe benefit to military operations, most notably in the basic training environment. Fewer troops are coming down with communicable diseases, which take them out of the fight for days or even weeks.<\/p>\n

Keeping in mind that the end of the COVID-19 pandemic is not nearly in sight, and that the promise of a vaccine is months away at best, military medicine is learning in real time how best to keep troops safe for now, and perhaps into the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things that, I will tell you, we definitely believe has made a difference is the masks, particularly in close quarters,\u201d Rear Adm. Louis Trip<\/a>oli, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command\u2019s top doctor, told reporters Aug. 31.<\/p>\n

Infectious disease has always been a threat to readiness, from cholera in the 19th century to COVID-19 now. What can\u2019t be vaccinated for has to be mitigated, or at least accepted as part of the risk of deploying troops \u2015 like the infamous \u201ccrud,\u201d a cold that seems to sweep through units soon after deployment.<\/p>\n

But the coronavirus pandemic has forced the services to up their game<\/a> when it comes to preventing disease transmission, and in the mean time, they\u2019ve learned some things.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that we\u2019ve learned a lot from this particular outbreak about what we just we as a medical community \u2026 really didn\u2019t understand about how a pathogen like this can be transmitted, and the value of masks,\u201d Tripoli said.<\/p>\n

For example, the commander of Marine Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, told Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a May trip to boot camp that the mandatory two-week quarantine for new trainees had yielded two very promising results: 1) Isolated new recruits had plenty of time to study their basics, creating more confident, thoughtful trainees once group instruction began, and 2) The number of trainees heading to sick call with respiratory illness is way down.<\/p>\n

To date, just over 40,000 troops have contracted COVID-19, including 592 hospitalizations and seven deaths, per the latest Defense Department numbers.<\/p>\n

To prevent spread, Esper issued policy that masks must be worn when six feet of distance can\u2019t be maintained. He also banned non-essential travel for three months, before slowly reauthorizing temporary duty and permanent change-of-station travel in accordance with local testing and quarantine rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo combination of testing and restriction-of-movement will give you 100-percent assurance that you\u2019ve gotten all of it,\u201d Tripoli said. \u201cWe have a job to do, and we do work in a risky environment \u2015 even pre-COVID \u2015 and we have to find that balance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whether any of the restriction-of-movement protocols, mask mandates or disinfection procedures become permanent remains to be seen, but Tripoli said the lessons learned will likely make their way into policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt makes sense, doesn\u2019t it?\u201d he said. \u201cI think when it comes to airborne infections like this \u2026 I think discoveries with the masks and the hygiene, I do believe they\u2019re going to stick in one way or another. We\u2019re finding out more and more about the benefits of this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specifically around masks, he added, the early research has shown that not only do they prevent aerosolized coronavirus from being transmitted through breath, they cut way down on the ability to touch one\u2019s nose and mouth and then touch another surface \u2015 the primary mode of transmission for cold and flu.<\/p>\n

So long after local regulations return to something resembling normal, the services could order stricter infectious disease transmission mitigation rules under some circumstances.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe try to take advantage of every opportunity that we can do protect our force,\u201d Tripoli said. \u201cWe have the advantage of being able to say, \u2018You will wear something\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those lessons will also help out if and when the next pandemic hits, he added. Any \u201cnew normal\u201d will need to continue on what COVID-19 has taught the military about detecting illness and preventing its transmission.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think most experts would agree that the potential that something like this could happ<\/a>en again \u2015 there are conditions \u2026 that would make you concerned that this isn\u2019t the last time we\u2019ll see an outbreak like this,\u201d Tripoli said.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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