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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLeaked Pentagon memo: 'real possibility' of COVID-19 resurgence-vaccine not coming until summer 2021
The Defense Department should prepare to operate in a "globally-persistent" novel coronavirus (COVID-19) environment without an effective vaccine until "at least the summer of 2021," according to a draft Pentagon memo obtained by Task & Purpose.
"We have a long path ahead, with the real possibility of a resurgence of COVID-19," reads the memo, authored for Secretary of Defense Mark Esper but not yet bearing his signature.
"Therefore, we must now re-focus our attention on resuming critical missions, increasing levels of activity, and making necessary preparations should a significant resurgence of COVID-19 occur later this year."
Despite its grim forecast, the draft document lays out a framework for the U.S. military's proverbial reopening, which includes the resumption of training exercises, increased operational tempo, and the repositioning of forces and supplies to fight the global pandemic.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/coronavirus-vaccine-pentagon-memo
stopdiggin
(11,395 posts)every country, every company and every organization in the world is drawing up similar plans based on the same assumptions.
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(4,572 posts)crickets
(25,988 posts)Meanwhile, the second wave is going to be brutal.