Radi Joshua K, Allen Cesar A, Anderson Jeffrey A
93rd Weapons of Mass-Destruction-Civil Support Team, Hawaii Army National Guard, Kapolei, HI.
3rd Weapons of Mass-Destruction-Civil Support Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, Annville, PA.
Med J (Ft Sam Houst Tex). 2022 Jul-Sep(Per 22-07/08/09):48-53.
Since March of 2020, thousands of National Guard service members have played a key role in the domestic response to COVID-19, ranging from medical support, health screening, decontamination, personal protective equipment (PPE) training, and more. As a result of these missions, there was a hypothesized potential increase in COVID-19 exposure risk.
Assess COVID-19 transmission rates and mortality rates in the US population compared to the National Guard.
Six months of retrospective data were assessed with analysis of a snapshot in time for pandemic data on 29 July 2020. Potential relationships between National Guard COVID-19 response personnel, cumulative US COVID-19 cases, National Guard COVID-19 cases, and National Guard COVID-19 fatalities were assessed.
No evidence of correlations exist between the number of National Guard personnel supporting the COVID-19 response and the number of deaths in the National Guard due to COVID-19 (p=0.547), and the number of National Guard COVID-19 cases and the number of deaths in the National Guard due to COVID-19 (p=0.214). The number of COVID-19 cases in the US was positively correlated to the number of deaths in the US due to COVID-19 (rs=0.947, p is less than.001).
Though much of the data could not be reported due to operational security (OPSEC) and capabilities, activities, limitations, and intentions (CALI) concerns, the data herein demonstrate National Guard service members are significantly less likely to suffer COVID-19 related mortality compared to US civilians. Since the National Guard adheres the same medical and physical fitness standards as set by their parent service (Army and Air Force), it follows overall levels of medical readiness and fitness should start with a higher baseline. Age, medical screening, PPE, and physical fitness requirements have likely contributed to this phenomenon. These results should empower National Guard service members to feel more confident in their roles as they continue to support the COVID-19 response efforts.
自2020年3月以来，数千名国民警卫队成员在美国国内应对新冠疫情的工作中发挥了关键作用，工作范围涵盖医疗支持、健康筛查、消毒、个人防护装备（PPE）培训等多个方面。由于这些任务，人们推测新冠病毒暴露风险可能会增加。
评估与国民警卫队相比，美国普通人群中的新冠病毒传播率和死亡率。
对六个月的回顾性数据进行评估，分析2020年7月29日这一时刻的疫情数据快照。评估国民警卫队新冠疫情应对人员、美国累计新冠病例数、国民警卫队新冠病例数以及国民警卫队新冠死亡人数之间的潜在关系。
没有证据表明，支持新冠疫情应对工作的国民警卫队人员数量与国民警卫队中因新冠病毒死亡的人数之间存在相关性（p=0.547），也没有证据表明国民警卫队新冠病例数与国民警卫队中因新冠病毒死亡的人数之间存在相关性（p=0.214）。美国的新冠病例数与美国因新冠病毒死亡的人数呈正相关（rs=0.947，p<0.001）。
尽管由于作战安全（OPSEC）以及能力、活动、局限性和意图（CALI）等方面的考虑，许多数据无法报告，但本文中的数据表明，与美国平民相比，国民警卫队成员感染新冠病毒相关死亡的可能性要小得多。由于国民警卫队遵守与所属军种（陆军和空军）相同的医疗和体能标准，因此总体医疗准备水平和健康状况应该从更高的基线开始。年龄、医疗筛查、个人防护装备和体能要求可能导致了这一现象。这些结果应使国民警卫队成员在继续支持新冠疫情应对工作时，对自己的角色更有信心。
