US military personnel on Ebola mission to handle blood samples

Fox News Politics ^ | October 7, 2014 | Justin Fishel

[2ndDivisionVet]

The U.S. military mission to combat Ebola in West Africa is facing questions about the serious health risks American troops will encounter in heading to the epicenter of the deadly outbreak.

According to officials, a small group of trained military medical technicians on the ground will not be required to make direct contact with patients infected with the Ebola virus. However, they will have to handle infected blood samples, which Pentagon officials acknowledged Tuesday could be just as dangerous, if not more.

Already, three mobile-testing labs, staffed by three or four technicians each, have been deployed in Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. military's effort to combat the Ebola virus. Four more labs have been requested.

Pentagon officials say the servicemembers on these small teams are the only individuals who will be intentionally handling any raw material that could be infected....

[silverleaf]

http://www.avianflutalk.com/forums.html

quite a few medical and other professionals sharing info on that forum

another one
http://ebolainfo.org/

700 people fom the 101st airborne is one helluva “headquarters element” for a purported medical mission in such a lethal operating environment

I can say that having been in deployed “headquarters elements” in many overseas missions involving more that the purported 4000 total planned Liberia deployment

[ansel12]

Just stick with the facts though, not your wild claims and scenarios, 700 hundred is the number from the 101st, about 300 of those headquarters personnel, they will be handling a complicated, multi service operation involving foreign governments.

And I was looking for sources, not links to other forums.