Processing Policy in a Pandemic

Abstract

The United States has no recent experience dealing with a large-scale pandemic such as COVID-19 that has clearly affected our entire culture, institutions, and way of life. This type of problem is not predictable, and its associated impacts are not easily estimated. As such, we conducted a quantitative comparison in terms of case count between the Navy's response and the United States' national response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We evaluated the timing and implementation of Navy versus national and state policies, and explored the patterns and lessons learned to benefit the Navy and Department of Defense in the future. Our study meets a substantial need to look at both entities response from an objective standpoint and to critique those aspects that served to further benefit or hinder outcomes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1151152

Entities

People

  • Gregory D. Sherman
  • Jonathan M. Okonak
  • Matthew D. Liashek

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircraft Carriers
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Covid-19
  • Disease Outbreaks
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Hygiene
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Naval Operations
  • Navy
  • Public Health
  • Quarantine
  • Sars
  • United States
  • United States Northern Command
  • Uss Harry S. Truman
  • Uss Theodore Roosevelt
  • Virus Diseases
  • Viruses

Readers

  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis
  • Theoretical Analysis.