Though there is zero evidence of exposure, and indeed officials made much of the US military force not being anywhere near actual Ebola patients, all returning troops from the West Africa Ebola operation will be subject to a 21-day quarantine.
The Joint Chiefs issued the plan last week, and it was affirmed by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel today. The White House is defending the plan, saying that its being done out of an “abundance of caution.”
The rule will not, according to the administration, impact, civilian workers from the Defense Department or health care volunteers, even though they’re the ones who have a conceivable risk of exposure.
Health care experts have warned that not only is the US military operation unlikely to turn the tide of the Ebola battle, but that the quarantine effort may actually hurt the overall health care effort by discouraging other groups from taking part.
The Atlantic: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: Get Used to Endless War
From ISIS to climate change, the Pentagon chief says, the threats that face the United States are long-term challenges.
It sure seems like there are frightening events happening everywhere today—from ISIS to Ebola, Russian imperialism to Chinese saber-rattling, climate change to congressional dysfunction. But is it really worse, or will this, too, pass?
Bad news: It's really worse, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told James Fallows at the Washington Ideas Festival Wednesday….
And Hagel didn't seem especially sanguine that it would end anytime soon. In other words: Get used to endless war… http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/…
to make it worse, the Progressives facilitate the above by believing in the manmade global warming scam…
The administration said that isolating health care workers is "bad science"
Does this mean the Pentagon has embraced and now uses bad science?