{"id":56175,"date":"2014-11-01T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-01T16:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=56175"},"modified":"2014-11-01T16:43:39","modified_gmt":"2014-11-01T20:43:39","slug":"hagel-defends-21-day-quarantine-for-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=56175","title":{"rendered":"Hagel defends 21-day quarantine for troops"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hagel<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

TSO sends us a link from USAToday<\/a> which reports Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s explanation for exceeding the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines for the quarantine of people returning from West Africa after dealing with the Ebola outbreak.<\/p>\n

Hagel earlier this week signed off on the recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff that goes beyond guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Isolating troops for 21 days even without symptoms of the disease, Hagel said, was a “smart, wise, prudent, disciplined, science-oriented decision.”<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Part of the reason to isolate troops is that they would be staying in the region longer than most medical workers, said Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Troops are expected to have six-month deployments to disease-stricken areas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That makes perfect sense to no one. 21 days after the redeployment is still 21 days whether a person was there one month or six months. I know because I checked the math on my fingers and toes (and I counted my favorite toe twice) as due diligence. Hagel probably didn’t think of using the toe thing.<\/p>\n

I think what he meant to say was “Because I said so”.<\/p>\n

And, oh, by the way, Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that the quarantine is optional for DoD civilians.<\/p>\n

But unlike troops, the Pentagon can\u2019t require civilians to comply with a pre-emptive quarantine, Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they\u2019re civilian employees and not uniformed servicemembers, we legally can\u2019t force them to undergo a controlled monitoring regimen the way we can with uniformed troops,\u201d Kirby said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If that’s not the silliest shit ever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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