As is typical for Rand Paul, he has been pretty stupid, this time about Ebola and troop ships.
“”“You also have to be concerned about 3,000 soldiers getting back on a ship. Where is disease most transmittable? When you’re in a very close confines on a ship, we all know about cruises and how they get these diarrhea viruses that are transmitted very easily,” he said. “Can you imagine if a whole ship full of our soldiers catch Ebola?”””
Why would the Army be using a Navy ship to transport all of the various military personnel making up the 3,000 involved in Africa, from all kinds of units, and branches of the military, and all at once, and why would they be doing it in a manner that could disable or wipe out all of them?
On this one, he's correct. Why would anyone expose people to Ebola, then put them on a crowded ship? If it didn't spread easily, medical professionals taking precautions wouldn't catch it.
Sometimes Rand Paul says questionable stuff. But you know what? I could be ready for someone who tells it like he sees it, even if I don't always agree.
Tell that story to the hundreds of dead marines in Lebanon.
Good point. “Troop Ships” went out of style a long time ago. Most fly commercial/charter.