The Impact of Quarantine on Military Operations
Abstract
The above quote precedes the opening battle scene in the 1995 Warner Brothers hit movie Outbreak which graphically depicts the problems the Department of Defense (DoD) may face in preventing a global meltdown secondary to the uncontrolled spread of a deadly biological agent. Although fictional, this technothriller was based in scientific possibility and used the highly virulent Ebola virus as the model for a rare killer virus from the jungles of Zaire, which mutated from a contact to airborne strain and ultimately took hold in a small California community. With no treatment or vaccine immediately available, the military was ordered to institute mandatory isolation and quarantine as the last hope of containing the virus.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- ADA446165
Entities
People
- Robert I. Miller
Organizations
- Air University