MEDDAC SITREP AND EOC COVERAGE 16 APR 91

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Subject = MEDDAC SITREP AND EOC COVERAGE   16 APR 91                      

Parent Organization = XVIII CORPS 

Unit = 24TH ID     

Folder Title = MEDDAC SITREP-1                                                                                 

Document Number =         12

Box ID = BX001448






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             RC. THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM. WE CAN WITH TIME CAPTURE THE ACTIVE

             COMPONENT PEOPLE. HOWEVER, IN THE CASE OF THE RC, WE HAVE ONLY A


             FIVE DAY WINDOW TO GET THEM PROCESSED NOT ONLY MEDICALLY, BUT IN


             EVERY OTHER WAY. WITH WEEKENDSI UNIT GRANTED PASSES, ETC.,

             RECAPTURING THEM TO READ THE PPD MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE. EVEN IF WE DO,


             WE THEN MAY BE OBLIGED TO KEEP THEM HERE FOR THE RESOURCE INTENSIVE

             WORK-UP THAT ENSUES. THAT COULD EASILY TAKE A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME.


             IF SO, NOT ONLY THE MEDDAC WILL BE HARD PRESSED TO DO IT WITHOUT DOING

             VIOLENCE TO THE ON-GOING MISSION, BUT POST WILL BE STRESSED TO HOUSE,


             FEEDI AND OCCUPY THEM WHILE AT THE SAME TIME FENDING OFF THE COMMUNITY

             AND POLITICALLY GENERATED PRESSURES TO GET THEM HOME. IN MANY IF NOT


             MOST INSTANCESI THESE PEOPLE WERE NOT TESTED PRIOR TO DEPLOYMENT TO

             SWA,'SO WE HAVE NO WAY TO KNOW WHEN THEY HAVE CONVERTED TO POSITIVE,

             IF INDEED THEY HAVE. THEREFORE, WE CAN NEITHER PROVE NOR DISPROVE


             THAT THE CONVERSION WAS EPTS, OR AS A RESULT OF EXPOSURE IN SWA. I

             WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE LAY THE RESPONSIBILITY ON TO THE RC STRUCTURE

             TO WORK WITH THE USPHS OR THE STATE PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS.

             OF THOSE PPD WE HAVE APPLIED AND READ, WE ARE STILL RUNNING AN

             APPROXIMATE 15 TO 213% POSITIVE RATE. THIS IS LARGELY IN THE 24TH

             DIVISION, WHERE WE HAVE BETTER CONTROL.













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