[LilFarmer]

(April 15)

The Defense Department’s total overall COVID-19 cases hit 5,088 on Wednesday, continuing an upward trend of hundreds of cases as day a Pentagon leadership continues to try to stem the spread of coronavirus in the force. More than 300 troops, civilians, dependents and contractors were diagnosed between Tuesday and Wednesday.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2020/04/15/defense-departments-covid-19-cases-pass-5000/

[Texas Eagle]

Troops’ infection rate now stands at 1,338-per-million, or 0.1 percent, versus the overall U.S. rate of 1,770-per-million, or close to 0.2 percent.

Thank you. There's the answer right there. The answer is, "No", not "d-uhhhhhh, I dunno."

Military personnel who got the flu shot are half as likely to get covid-19 than the general population.

Sheesh. What was so hard about that?

[Scrambler Bob]

This suggests a question:

When did the crew of the USS Theodore Roosevelt (and their CO) get flu shots?