Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday raised the military’s health protection level to its second-highest setting for all Defense Department installations globally as the number of service members with coronavirus continues to increase.
The Pentagon elevated the Health Protection Condition (HPCON) to Charlie, a designation which will increase the number of employees teleworking, cancel large-scale meetings and require temperatures to be taken at entrances to some buildings on military installations, Pentagon spokeswoman Alyssa Farah told reporters.
She added that the measures will vary across facilities.
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WNU Editor: This is the current number of Covid-19 cases for US soldiers, contractors, and civilians ....
.... As of Wednesday morning, 227 service
members had tested positive for the coronavirus — up 53 from the day
prior — with 12 in the hospital. Another 81 civilian employees, 67 dependents and 40 contractors have the illness.
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WNU, I think in a few days time, couple weeks at most, the calls for payback @ China will grow louder.. as you know, Bolton and others have already called for stripping China of its national sovereignty status, which means - just in the case of Saudi Arabia which was stripped of their status - BILLIONS of $$ lawsuits will head China's way. BUT, as this likely will not lead to nowhere - thanks to China's disinformation campaign and disrespect for any international laws, human rights includes - you will see other developments happening.
TRILLIONS AND TRILLIONS got wiped out because of a virus from China.
That virus almost seems to be designed to hit the US hardest, think about it
a. open society, harder to control and social distance, with people moving much more freely
b. older population
c. sicker population (diabetes, overweight, heart issues, etc)
d. the US navy will be hit hard by this - you have seen what happens on cruise ships if you don't get them all off board.. it will spread and spread and spread, rendering services non-operational. You already posted the infections on TDR air craft carrier. This will continue and I hope you will monitor it closely
e. China threatened the US during the pandemic with witholding clinial supplies and equipment. think of that.. they caused it, then spread misinformation that was DEEPLY insulting (imagine your loved ones die left and right and the country that caused it then blames your country.. so disrespectful)..
f. Then tried to sell stuff at inflated prices (for something they caused, boosting CHINA's economy with the misery around the world and need for masks, medicine and equipment)
g. Then China gifted FAULTY test kits around the world, making the pandemic worse because we test people, think they are OK and they then infect and kill their loved ones, increasing spread.. just look at Italy
I think China might make a move on Taiwan soon or use the weakened US Navy and economy to establish its grip on the South China sea (which we should rename and only call western pacific from now on to make it clear it does not belong to them, never has and never will. many nations are there who have a greater claim to it)
It's definitely the starting shot for Cold War 2: China vs. USA + most of rest of World
The World is pissed @ China. And rightly so
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