Report to the Committee
Downloads/682966.pdf 6park.comncapacitating upwards of 40 percent of the workforce worldwide. Beyond its primary negative effects, a disease of operational significance could have secondary and tertiary effects, which could significantly threaten the economic, political, and social stability of nations and regions. The military services have developed plans to contain and mitigate the effects of pandemic influenza and infectious diseases. For example, the Army’s Pandemic Influenza and Infectious Disease Plan states that the Army will support geographic combatant commands to contain or mitigate the effects of an influenza pandemic or infectious disease of operational significance. The plan also states that the Army will conduct theater and functional planning to protect the personnel and resources necessary to maintain readiness to sustain mission assurance and support, as directed, other U.S. government efforts to protect the nation’s welfare, to include assisting partner countries. According to an official in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities, the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force have provided installations with guidance necessary to develop installation-level disease containment plans to ensure force health protection and continuity of operations in response to pandemics, and direct coordination with state and local authoritie -------------------------------------------------------------- 使全世界超过40%的劳动力丧失了能力。超越 其主要的负面影响,具有操作意义的疾病可能 具有次级和第三级影响,可能会严重威胁 国家和地区的经济,政治和社会稳定。 军事部门已制定计划来遏制和减轻 大流行性流感和传染病的影响。例如, 陆军的大流行性流感和传染病计划指出, 陆军将支持地理作战人员的控制或遏制 流感大流行或传染性疾病的影响 意义。该计划还指出,陆军将进行战区和 功能规划,以保护必要的人员和资源 保持随时准备维持任务保证和支持,因为 指示其他美国政府为保护国家福利所做的努力, 包括协助伙伴国家。据办公室官员说 国土防御一体化与国防部助理部长 民政,陆军,海军和空军的国防支持 部队为装置提供了发展所需的指导 安装级别的疾病遏制计划,以确保部队健康 保护和应对大流行的业务连续性;以及 与州和地方当局直接协调
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