Association Between Home County COVID-19 Incidence Rates and Positive Tests During Basic Military Training

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has required military organizations to develop risk mitigation strategies in order to continue with mission-essential activities, which includes the training of new military recruits. The U.S. Air Force's Basic Military Training, conducted at Lackland Air Force Base, has a weekly intake of approximately 800 new trainees. An empirical strategy of having new recruits quarantine at home for 2 weeks prior to arrival at Lackland Air Force Base is reasonable. However, the extent to which this strategy mitigates the risk of importing COVID-19 into the recruit population is unknown. This study explores the risk of importing COVID-19 from areas of high transmission, compared with areas of low transmission, into a military training environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1145113

Entities

People

  • Dianne N. Frankel
  • Ernest P. Ebert
  • John W. Kieffer
  • Theresa M. Casey

Organizations

  • 59th Medical Wing
  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Covid-19
  • Department Of Defense
  • District Of Columbia
  • Engineering
  • Environment
  • Health
  • Health Surveillance
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Training
  • Puerto Rico
  • Quarantine
  • Students
  • Systems Science
  • Trainees
  • Training
  • Universities

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