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Fort Campbell Troops On Ebola Mission to West Africa Won’t Get Full Protective Gear
Nashville Public Radio ^ | 10/20/2014 | Blake Farmer

Posted on 10/20/2014 1:27:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Troops from the 101st Airborne Division leading the military response to Ebola in West Africa will only need gloves and masks to protect themselves from the deadly virus, so said Gen. David Rodriguez at a Pentagon briefing Wednesday.

“They don’t need the whole suit – as such – because they’re not going to be in contact with any of the people,” the commander of U.S. troops in Africa said.

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne will primarily be building hospitals, ultimately leading what could be a contingent of 4,000 American service members. They’ll be housed either in tent cities at military airfields or in Liberian Ministry of Defense facilities, Rodriguez said.

Soldiers’ health will be monitored through surveys and taking their temperature on their way in and out of camps. If a service member does get sick, Rodriguez said they will be flown home immediately for treatment.

Next week, the 101st Airborne will hold a traditional pre-deployment ceremony, known as a “color casing”, before departing for Liberia, though a handful of soldiers are already on the ground.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: africa; ebola; military; obamasfault; westafrica
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To: SeekAndFind

Why would they be wearing the gear you wear when treating patients?


21 posted on 10/20/2014 2:25:14 PM PDT by ansel12 ( LEGAL immigrants, 30 million 1980-2012, continues to remake the nationÂ’s electorate for democrats)
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To: caligatrux
I am starting to believe we are sending military men and women to Africa in order to get them sick with ebola and bring more of it back here.

More specifically, to infect and thereby degrade the U.S. military...

22 posted on 10/20/2014 2:26:39 PM PDT by piytar (So....you are saying that Hilllary (and Obola) do not know what the meaning of the word "IS" IS?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Parents will be buying them for their soldiers, like they had to buy flack jacs.


23 posted on 10/20/2014 2:27:57 PM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: TalBlack

I have not heard of that, though you might be correct. I’ll look into it.


24 posted on 10/20/2014 2:28:16 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: SkyDancer

Bush and/or the government shutdown.


25 posted on 10/20/2014 2:49:10 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: Eagles6
After that they follow orders.

Lawful orders...

26 posted on 10/20/2014 2:56:07 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

We all know the troops risks, but I want to know what their mission is. They are not qualified doctors or nurses, they are soldiers.


27 posted on 10/20/2014 2:58:51 PM PDT by Zenjitsuman (New Boss Nancy Pelosi)
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To: Zenjitsuman

Totally inappropriate use of military, in a no win situation with questionable national interest and no exit strategy. Other than that, a great idea.


28 posted on 10/20/2014 3:10:53 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: SeekAndFind

Luke 11:46! Should be the theme for midterms. A rooftop in Benghazi.. An Ebola endemic zone. I guess they will golf and watch soldiers rot from the inside out.


29 posted on 10/20/2014 3:20:51 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: pfflier
Yeah. Considering that pRESIDENT Ebola probably isn't Constitutionally qualified for the office and if he is he is still a traitor and a criminal, his orders are not lawful.

Too bad many of the real Constitution loving, Christian officers have been purged, the ones that would tell him HELL NO!

30 posted on 10/20/2014 3:55:08 PM PDT by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Ohioan

Guinea pig soldiers decades later

http://www.cnn.com/2012/03/02/health/gallery-army-test-subjects-before-after/index.html

not that our government would ever use our soldiers as unknowing test subjects...


31 posted on 10/20/2014 6:11:20 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
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To: SeekAndFind; neverdem; ProtectOurFreedom; Mother Abigail; EBH; vetvetdoug; Smokin' Joe; ...
Bring Out Your Dead

Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.

The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.

So far the false positive rate is 100%.

At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.

*sigh* Such is life, and death...

32 posted on 10/20/2014 7:14:59 PM PDT by null and void ("Agoraphobia": fear of the marketplace; "AlGoreaphobia": fear of the marketplace of ideas.)
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To: piytar

Considering that the guy the President appointed to be the ebola czar has identified “overpopulation” as the biggest threat to the world right now, I’m pretty damn sure this is about spreading ebola, not containing it.


33 posted on 10/21/2014 1:26:56 PM PDT by caligatrux (They always said that the living would envy the dead.)
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To: 2ndreconmarine; Fitzcarraldo; Covenantor; Mother Abigail; EBH; Dog Gone; ...
Ping...

A link to this thread has been posted on the Ebola Surveillance Thread

34 posted on 10/22/2014 6:17:49 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Maybe the CDC could go over with them and show them they have nothing to fear... we’ll give the CDC guys a bottle of hand sanitizer...


35 posted on 10/22/2014 7:37:34 PM PDT by GOPJ (The beast roams the earth... there's been a seismic shift in our world. Rabbi Shalom Lewis)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Thanks for the ping!


36 posted on 10/22/2014 7:56:19 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl

You’re Welcome, Alamo-Girl!


37 posted on 10/22/2014 9:39:27 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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