Originally Posted by
Excargodog
You are aware that RT started out as Russia Today? They aren’t the most reliable source for info about the US military.
Having said that, epidemics among recruits in basic training have ALWAYS been a problem.
https://www.ajpmonline.org/article/S...08)00163-3/pdf
It would not surprise me if they barred anyone with a history if COVID from being recruited until they can come up with procedures to assure nobody is spreading the virus before they let them into basic training.
It wouldn’t even surprise me if they didn’t take them until there was a vaccine available.The list of immunizations routinely given in basic training is quite extensive:
https://www.thebalancecareers.com/mi...ations-4058318
Bringing a bunch of people in from all over the US and putting them into the same barracks entails considerable risk for meningitis and other diseases that may be brought in by immune carriers to a disease and rapidly spread in the boot camp environment.
I have no affiliation with the military and you apparently do, so why has the pentagon remained silent when pressed on this subject if it’s just the same reasoning as any other new disease?
Besides the point, I’m very well aware of what RT is. I hold dual citizenship and I’ve resided in Russia for more than 6 years and I can tell you that Voice of America (RT’s “propaganda” competition) couldn’t hold water for **** there. We can reserve this argument for a different thread/different day though.