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What happens when those workers all get Covid-19? This is an invisible enemy that's already on our soil and growing exponentially with the ability to spread by
by sizzle 7y ago
What happens when those workers all get Covid-19? This is an invisible enemy that's already on our soil and growing exponentially with the ability to spread by asymptomatic carriers. I hope you are right....
- ceejayoz 7y agoSome will have mild cases and be able to continue caring (with less need for PPE, even). Others will recover. Not everyone gets hit at once. My dad’s a doc (not in NY) and got sent home so he can be second wave.
- Balgair 7y agoNot to be heartless, but many militaries are fairly experienced in rapid reductions in manpower resources. Also, acoup's blog post does a really good job of going through the differences in Modern and Static military doctrines. Much better than my TLDR of it.
- sizzle 7y agoI wonder if there are any historical accounts of military warfare during a global pandemic affecting both sides at the same time.
- Balgair 7y agoThere are MANY examples, here's a good starting ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague_of_Athens
- sangnoir 7y agoWWI[1] - the pandemic ended up being called "Spanish flu" because Spain was the only country publishing accurate statistics since it was neutral in the war. The belligerents were heavily affected, but were muzzling the press due to wartime censorship. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_flu