Corona Virus Updates Part 4

PA Theme:

Educate the DoD community regarding COVID – 19 and Force Health Protection actions.



PA Messaging:

a. We are doing prudent planning to implement Force Health Protection actions to ensure we can perform our missions.

b. Provide the internal audience with current information regarding local force health protection actions and information about COVID-19.

c. For external audiences: We are implementing Force Health Protection actions and looking at additional actions that we may take as the situation changes.

d. Add specific local messaging.

Note: CDC and OSD may provide updated messages on a daily basis.



• Community transmission beginning.

Commander decisions:

a. Re-emphasize avoiding contact with sick people, practicing proper hand hygiene, and cough/sneeze etiquette.

b. Communicate to personnel how and when to report illness and seek care for potential influenza-like illness.



PA Activities:

a. Continue internal communications identified above; integrate local community information into internal communications.

b. Be prepared to clarify any conflicting guidance from DoD and local communities.

c. Be prepared to conduct media engagements regarding preparation actions.



PA Theme:

Military personnel are fully informed about current and future Force Health Protection actions.



PA Messaging:

a. We are taking the risk of COV – 19 seriously. We are keeping our personnel well informed regarding protective actions.

b. We continue to employ Force Health protection actions to ensure we can accomplish our missions.

c. We are preparing to employ additional Force Health protection actions as necessary.

d. Add specific local messaging.



• Increased community transmission.

Commander decisions:

a. Continue all measures from previous risk level, and consider adding the following:

b. Restrict Service member travel to affected communities and advise civilian employees and family members of risk.

c. Re-scope or modify exercises in affected areas to limit risk to DoD personnel.

d. Institute clearly defined personal protective equipment (PPE) posture for high-risk personnel.



PA Activities:

a. Continue PA activities from previous decisions.

b. Follow respective CCMD PA guidance for public and media engagements.

c. Continue aggressive internal communications with focus on innovatively reaching personnel who may be isolated from normal communication tools. Refocus risk communication efforts to ensure individuals have the information necessary to understand and accept the situation.

d. Continue to monitor, integrate, and explain any conflicts between DoD and local community guidance. Engage media as necessary.



PA Theme:

DoD personnel are prepared; DoD can do it’s assigned mission.

PA Messaging:

a. DoD’s primary focus is mission assurance. We must take extraordinary actions to ensure that our personnel are fully capable of performing their mission.

b. Force Health protection is a challenging and invasive process. Routines will be disrupted and alternative methods of accomplishing tasks will be necessary.

c. We will take care of our people and we will be ready to accomplish our missions.

d. Add specific local messaging.



• Sustained community transmission.

Commander decisions:

a. Continue all measures from previous risk level, and consider adding the following:

b. Consider declaring a local Public Health Emergency.

c. Consider limiting access to the installation.

d. Consider cancelling large public gathering events on the installation.

e. Re-scope, modify, or potentially cancel exercises.

f. Approve leave and travel to this area on a case-by-case basis.

g. If outside the United States and considering authorized and ordered departure actions, coordinate through their respective Combatant Command (CCMD) or Military Department headquarters, and the Joint Staff and OSD to align with Department of State (DoS), which is the approval authority.



PA Activities:

a. Ensure OASD PA is aware of any significant actions before they are publicly announced.

b. Follow CCMD PA guidance. Expect significant media interest.

c. Continue internal communications.

d. Coordinate any messaging regarding authorized and ordered departure with USNORTHCOM.



PA Theme(s):

This is a serious situation, but our mission is not in jeopardy.



PA Messaging:

a. We are taking several actions (describe) to protect our military personnel and their families.

b. Our overall goal is Mission Assurance.

c. We continue to look at options to improve our Force Health Protection.

d. Our Force Health Protection actions may differ from those in the local community.

e. Add specific local messaging.



• Widespread community transmission.

Commander decisions:

a. Continue all measures from previous risk level, and consider adding the following:

b. Strongly consider declaring a local Public Health Emergency.

c. Consider restriction of movement consistent with DoDI 6200.03 (potentially to include quarantine, isolation, canceling public gatherings, avoiding congregate settings, and practicing social distancing).

d. Consider limiting access to the installation.

e. Distribute PPE as appropriate.

f. Cancel non-mission essential activities.

g. Re-scope, modify, or potentially cancel exercises.

h. Maximize telework.

i. Cancel all non-essential leave and travel to this area.

J. Coordinate authorized and ordered departure actions through their respective CCMD or Military Department headquarters, and the Joint Staff and OSD to align with the DoS.

k. Implement quarantine, consistent with applicable procedures, for persons/units returning from this area to a lower risk area.

l. Consider other restrictions of movement for persons critical to national security functions.



PA Activities:

a. Ensure OASD PA is aware of any significant actions before they are publicly announced.

b. Follow CCMD PA guidance.

c. Expect significant media interest.

d. Continue internal communications.

e. Coordinate any messaging regarding authorized and ordered departure with USNORTHCOM.



PA Theme:

We are fully capable of performing our missions.



PA Messaging: (Note: At this point, OSD PA may elect to be the overall source of information regarding the effect of COVID 19 on DoD forces).

a. Mission assurance is our primary objective. We are prepared to accomplish our mission.

b. We have instituted extraordinary actions to protect our forces.

c. We continue to work with US Government organizations as well as our host nations to address the issues surrounding COVID-19.

Helpful Links

· DoD – www.defense.gov...

· DOS – travel.state.gov...

· CDC – www.cdc.gov...

· DHS – www.dhs.gov...

· MHS – www.health.mil...



Contacts

· OATSD

USNORTHCOM

a reply to: CrazeeWorld777

A cultural need to socialise is what will spread this virus much more easily. The UK, Germany, Nordic countries with their pubs; Mediterranean countries with their cafés, bars, pizzerias, etc., are the perfect hotspots to promote infection.

The depression people will fall into, in the event of quarantining, will be more devastating, long-term, than the virus itself.

originally posted by: Lr103
a reply to: celltypespecific

Ah, that may explain the announcement I just got, my district has cancelled todays middle school sports games today, no reason given.

This is moving so damned fast.

Stay safe!!!

originally posted by: Encia22
a reply to: CrazeeWorld777

A cultural need to socialise is what will spread this virus much more easily. The UK, Germany, Nordic countries with their pubs; Mediterranean countries with their cafés, bars, pizzerias, etc., are the perfect hotspots to promote infection.

The depression people will fall into, in the event of quarantining, will be more devastating, long-term, than the virus itself.

I posted the studies of the psychological effects of quarantine in thread #3.

What's with CDC abruptly cancelling today's conference?

twitter.com...

originally posted by: EnhancedInterrogator
A little thing on Asymptomatic Carriers ...

Yep, it is still 'presumed', and 'may have happened'...

I'm not saying it isn't - I'm just pointing out this hasn't been proven yet.

That said, if it is, that would account for the spreading that is going on. Hopefully the current numbers showing very low risk for the majority will bear out, and we can focus on getting those who need it the help they need.

originally posted by: GlobalGold
What's with CDC abruptly cancelling today's conference?

twitter.com...

I think it could be called an old fashioned pissing match between Pence's group and CDC ... information wars.

So with 5 deaths today, one yesterday bringing the total to 6. Out of 96 confirmed cases, that is 5.2%

I thought people were saying that the mortality rate would be much lower in the US because of better medical care?

Last I knew 5.2% is higher than 3.4%.

originally posted by: fleabit
Was our conference anything like this? No.

Actually, I'd say it was very similar. We aren't Singaporians (?), different culture, so, no, it wasn't exactly like this, but...

it was a bad joke.

It was far from this, unless you're looking through TDS glasses.

And the other tweets and videos of Trump basically saying everything was 100% under control were pathetic - and a danger to American citizens.

Yeah, they would be - except he never said that.

Please check your TDS at the thread-gate.

a reply to: Advantage

Thank you so much for posting so much valuable info!! I hope that your contributions to the thread don't put your position at risk!

p.s. I liked your previous avatar better than the current one

a reply to: Advantage

Ok, thanks. I need to search for it. These threads are moving too fast for me. My thoughts stem from my half decade experience of having lived in the USA, UK, Canada, Italy and a smidgen of other European countries + hundreds of friends and colleagues all over the world. I hope I'm close enough to what real studies show of human interactions, feelings and reactions to "unreal" situations.

originally posted by: MrRCflying
So with 5 deaths today, one yesterday bringing the total to 6. Out of 96 confirmed cases, that is 5.2%

I thought people were saying that the mortality rate would be much lower in the US because of better medical care?

Last I knew 5.2% is higher than 3.4%.

The magic word is CONFIRMED cases. They arent doing widespread testing. You are gravely ill in a nursing home with suspected Covid. You get tested. You die. You skew the percentages. We probably wont know the exact death % until well after the initial outbreak is over.

Interesting, I read that South Africa is planning to quarantine its repatriated citizens from Wuhan for 21 days.

I think that is a great idea and at least it looks like our government is using the new information appropriately.

News24

Last week a Lancet study found that only Egypt, Algeria and South Africa had "the most prepared health systems in the continent" to handle the virus.

South Africa announced that 151 of its citizens trapped in China's Wuhan city, would be evacuated and placed in quarantine for 21 days.

originally posted by: TrulyColorBlind

originally posted by: Mamana12

originally posted by: 38181
a reply to: Mamana12
That’s some expensive rice out there, especially when most of it is grown in NorCal. Here in the south it’s $8.00 for 20# bag.

 

the only rice sacks I get is
brand: Basmati

kind: Jasmine

I got one of those bulk rices from Sam's Club... however, there was storeroom with moths bothering me for over 3 weeks that were born from insect eggs in the burlap & plastic sack of rice

I know I get 2 lb bags of rice from BI-LO or Walmart grocery, but the sealed plastic bag does not allow the insects to hatch unless given a supply of air... watch the insects appear in those bags of rice then escape to fly around for the better part of a month...

be devoted to washing/rinsing rice before you use the rice or beans because the packaging comes contaminated with pre-born moths from the product packaging facility...not your home pantry or grocery store seller


bulk rates of .90 cents to $1 pound is reasonable to me, for rice,,,, but 50 lb for $16+tax...?? is this bulk rice from that Puerto Rico hurricane supplies store from 3 years ago? along with 2 million bottles of water not doled out to victims?

sounds weird



Yeah I've been seeing the prices others on here have been quoting for things like 50lb bags of rice and I'm over here in shock. Ours better be some damn nice rice!

At the local Sam's Club the other day, I saw 50 lb. bags of rice for $16. Didn't get any, though, because I don't think I can eat that much rice!

the only rice sacks I get is
brand: Basmati

kind: Jasmine

I got one of those bulk rices from Sam's Club... however, there was storeroom with moths bothering me for over 3 weeks that were born from insect eggs in the burlap & plastic sack of rice

I know I get 2 lb bags of rice from BI-LO or Walmart grocery, but the sealed plastic bag does not allow the insects to hatch unless given a supply of air... watch the insects appear in those bags of rice then escape to fly around for the better part of a month...

be devoted to washing/rinsing rice before you use the rice or beans because the packaging comes contaminated with pre-born moths from the product packaging facility...not your home pantry or grocery store seller


bulk rates of .90 cents to $1 pound is reasonable to me, for rice,,,, but 50 lb for $16+tax...?? is this bulk rice from that Puerto Rico hurricane supplies store from 3 years ago? along with 2 million bottles of water not doled out to victims?

sounds weird

originally posted by: MrRCflying
So with 5 deaths today, one yesterday bringing the total to 6. Out of 96 confirmed cases, that is 5.2%

I thought people were saying that the mortality rate would be much lower in the US because of better medical care?

Last I knew 5.2% is higher than 3.4%.

Due to the age and where the first breakout was located. But this -is- very deadly to the elderly. I imagine that % will go down quite a bit, once they actually start testing, and see that possibly thousands are actually infected.

originally posted by: celltypespecific
Ok so why is everyone dieing in King County....

I admit that is concerning, but these are all people in the highest risk category.

Sad, in any event. Condolences to the families.

originally posted by: lostgirl
a reply to: Advantage

Thank you so much for posting so much valuable info!! I hope that your contributions to the thread don't put your position at risk!

p.s. I liked your previous avatar better than the current one

Yeah, I think we will be gagged on sharing info super soon. I just got that email and put it up post haste.

Me too, but I had to participate in the bigfoot convo. LOL!

a reply to: MrRCflying

The key is those charts that break down mortality rate into age groups and co-morbidity groups.

Elderly populations that get infected seem to have higher mortality rates with this disease.

From the part of the press conference I heard the deaths may have been in the same nursing home?? If so I fear the numbers there could get worse.

The folks I'm concerned about are people like my folks and in laws, in their 60s and 70s and have varying types of preconditions...