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The US Military Has Experienced 55,443 COVID-19 Cases - Including Vice Chief of Space Force (upi.com) 45

UPI reports: Space Force's vice chief of space operations tested positive for COVID-19 Wednesday, Space Force announced.

According to a press release issued jointly by the Space Force and the Air Force, Gen. David D. Thompson took a test for the virus after learning that a close family member had tested positive. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek said Thompson has not shown symptoms of COVID-19 so far and was on leave last week, but returned to the Pentagon for work on Monday and Tuesday to address a virtual symposium for the National Defense Industrial Association and Texas A&M University. He is now self-isolating and working from home...

As of Thursday morning a total of 55,443 COVID-19 cases had been reported in the [U.S.] military since the beginning of the pandemic, with 8,839 of those reported among Air Force personnel.

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The US Military Has Experienced 55,443 COVID-19 Cases - Including Vice Chief of Space Force

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  • Got a brain? (Score:2, Informative)

    by dmitch33 ( 6254132 )
    But Joe Biden claimed that over 18,000 had been infected and over 6,000 had died in September.' Oh. Right. Joe Biden. Opps, he did it again and got used the state of Michigan's numbers as that of the military. When in fact only 7 had died. https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch... [snopes.com]
    • You're actually right and even CNN agrees with you on that. Biden got that number crazily wrong. I disagree with your post being modded down.

      So now that you've brought it up, what do you want to have happen?

  • So? (Score:5, Informative)

    by MMC Monster ( 602931 ) on Sunday November 01, 2020 @10:31AM (#60671786)

    Is that a lot? A little?

    What's the rate of infection vs. the general population?

    I was listening to something on the radio just a week ago that the military was taking Covid very seriously and that the rate of infection was lower than the general population because strict protocols were mandated and the military generally follows rules very well.

    • by fermion ( 181285 )
      Really the question we should be asking is how much did this cost the taxpayer. The CÃC made the decision to put troops in harms way, which is his decision and no one can challenge it. If people got injured or dead to keep the country defended, that is what the troops are there for. It is their job

      My only concern is if the cost justifies the decision, or if the net reduction due to the infection rate lead to an decrease in morale of the troops.

  • I was just wondering the other day on how the military manages this. When I was in Army basic training many years ago there would be about 100 recruits in a company all living in tight quarters. Even though people would be screened for disease before entry, and be given a number of vaccinations during the entrance processing, there would still be people getting sick. Primary among them would be some kind of influenza or pneumonia. I was among them, one day showing up at the infirmary with an oral temper

    • That brings another thing to mind. We can call the Spanish flu the Spanish flu and nobody gets triggered over that. If someone calls the Chinese flu the Chinese flu then people are called racists. The Spanish flu is called the Spanish flu because that's where the first known case of it was seen.
      Plain wrong as so many of your silly posts.
      The Spanish Flu originated in the USA. Everyone not born in the USA knows that, no idea why you don't.

      The Spanish flu was deadly when first discovered but today we still see

      • The Spanish Flu originated in the USA. Everyone not born in the USA knows that, no idea why you don't.

        Did I claim it originated in Spain? No, I did not. I wrote that Spain is where people first became aware of it. You even quoted me and still got it wrong.

        It appears to me that there is quite the dispute on where the Spanish flu originated. It seems that blaming the spread of disease on the USA is popular among the anti-American crowd around the world, including the many anti-Americans in America.

        There does not appear to be any doubt on where the Chinese flu came from. There may be some dispute on the s

        • The spanish flu was detected in the US first, and not in Spain.
          It was "marketing" to call it "spanish flu".

          The rest of your post makes no real sense as usually.

    • by _merlin ( 160982 )

      That brings another thing to mind. We can call the Spanish flu the Spanish flu and nobody gets triggered over that. If someone calls the Chinese flu the Chinese flu then people are called racists. The Spanish flu is called the Spanish flu because that's where the first known case of it was seen. We first saw this latest flu outbreak in China, so calling it "the Chinese flu" should follow.

      No, it originated in the USA, but because of wartime media restriction, the newspapers effectively couldn't report on wha

  • Space force lost a commander! What will the US do if the Vulcans attack!?

  • I'd rather know how many got sick enough to be hospitalized, or sadly, died. Most "POSITIVE CASES" will show NO symptoms, and a small percentage will have minor issues. And, if treated with KNOWN medicines that WORK, will recover in a short amount of time. This whole thing was dreamed up to WRECK economies globally. And, if anyone thinks China is "virus free" they have another thing coming!

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