U.S. Intelligence Community detected a new contagious disease was spreading through China in November, but it wasn't until after a U.S. soldier got sick in South Korea that an assessment was issued—one that could have slowed the spread of the disease, Newsweek has learned.
A growing number of U.S. service members are searching for answers about who is responsible for what they say is a delayed response in controlling the coronavirus outbreak after one sailor on thedied from COVID-19 this month and after personnel were required to improvise their own masks and other protective equipment to avoid infection.
As far back as November, the U.S. Intelligence Community had been tracking a new contagious disease spreading through China. The official, who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, described this reporting, part of routine collections, as relating to the illness's spread abroad. The Intelligence Community did not, as has been reported by several media outlets, develop a formal report about how the coronavirus could affect U.S. military readiness in November.
A U.S. Army soldier of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command participates in a respirator fit test to ensure a proper fit to protect himself during the sanitization training of COVID-19 on Camp Carroll, South Korea, March 24. The individual administrating the test releases saccharin, found in artificial sweeteners, into the hood of the participant to gauge if the respirator blocks the aerosol.
"Anytime that the military believes they have been impacted by a pathogenic, pandemic, biological, or biomedical threat and anytime they were notified that the military had been affected by this they would very naturally rise to that mission and produce an assessment," he said."In this case, they self-initiated, they didn't need any additional authority."
. Acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly defended the move, but later resigned after a backlash against him for having accused Crozier of being"too naive or too stupid" or guilty of"betrayal" in remarks to the USSThat controversy played out just as the Pentagon rolled out new guidelines to service members.
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