| Autor: |
Dutton LK; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA. lauren.k.dutton@gmail.com.; Navy Medicine Professional Development Center, Bethesda, MD, 20889, USA. lauren.k.dutton@gmail.com., Rhee PC; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.; United States Air Force Reserve, the 60th Ops Squadron, Travis AFB, CA, 94535, USA., Shin AY; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA., Ehrlichman RJ; Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA.; Massachusetts National Guard, United States Army, Hanscom AFB, MA, 01731, USA., Shemin RJ; Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Cardiovascular Center at UCLA, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
The present moment is not the first time that America has found itself at war with a pathogen during a time of international conflict. Between crowded barracks at home and trenches abroad, wartime conditions helped enable the spread of influenza in the fall of 1918 during World War I such that an estimated 20-40% of U.S. military members were infected. While the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic is unparalleled for most of today's population, it is essential to not view it as unprecedented lest the lessons of past pandemics and their effect on the American military be forgotten. This article provides a historical perspective on the effect of the most notable antecedent pandemic, the Spanish Influenza epidemic, on American forces with the goal of understanding the interrelationship of global pandemics and the military, highlighting the unique challenges of the current pandemic, and examining how the American military has fought back against pandemics both at home and abroad, both 100 years ago and today. |
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