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Pentagon looking to provide up to 100,000 body bags for potential civilian use
The Hill ^ | 04 01 2020 | Marty Johnson

Posted on 04/01/2020 3:51:24 PM PDT by yesthatjallen

The Pentagon is looking into providing an additional 100,000 military-style body bags for civilian use, as the expected death toll from the coronavirus outbreak continues to rise.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has requested 100,000 body bags, officially called human remains pouches, and the Pentagon is looking to buy more body bags, as it dips into its stockpile of 50,000, Bloomberg reports. The request went through the Defense Logistics Agency, which oversees the distribution of the Pentagon's body bag stockpile.

The Defense Department has already sent to two Navy hospital ships to New York and Los Angeles to help relieve pressure on hospitals inundated with coronavirus patients.

On Tuesday, the White House coronavirus task force warned the country that as many as 240,000 Americans could die from COVID-19, even with the country continuing to enforce social distancing until the end of April.

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KEYWORDS: ccpvirus; coronavirus; covid19; pentagon
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To: yesthatjallen

With 4,000 dead already we only have 96,000 more deaths to go. That’s a lot of dying before lockdown lifts April 30.


21 posted on 04/01/2020 4:19:29 PM PDT by JerryBlackwell (some animals are more equal than others)
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To: shanover
"EXACT same headline during KATRINA!!!! Great call by our fellow Freepers."

I thought I'd heard the exact same thing before! I couldn't remember if it was during H1N1 or Katrina or which disaster coverage.

22 posted on 04/01/2020 4:19:38 PM PDT by TennesseeGirl
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To: MinorityRepublican

You base that on?


23 posted on 04/01/2020 4:20:38 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: pfflier

right? always with the body bag bullshit


24 posted on 04/01/2020 4:22:59 PM PDT by snarkytart
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To: yesthatjallen
https://twitter.com/Specterflowers/status/1245363481634840576

This is kind of interesting.

The first vid shows a guy recording a convoy of Humvee that is actually pretty big, he said he was passing them for 20 minutes and they extended out of camera range in front of him.

At the rate he was passing them (4 per minute) and what was still out in front a little rough math results in about 200 vehicles.

The video right underneath that is a train with about 45 flatbed rail-cars with about 4 Humvee and military trucks on each car for a rough total of 160.

Both of them were, according to the person doing the recording, heading to Chicago.

John Hopkins website indicates the are getting hit hard in Chicago with 6,980 confirmed and 95 dead.

A 200 vehicle convoy is a pretty serious deployment and you have to factor in for the 2 that were recorded there were probably 2 more that were not recorded so that is a guesstimate of 700 - 800 vehicles.

Average in 3 troops per vehicle that is 2400, just for Chicago?

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25 posted on 04/01/2020 4:23:16 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: LibertyWoman

Dr. Fauci


26 posted on 04/01/2020 4:25:48 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: smvoice

One that plays in the dirt

An Agricultural Drainage Specialist, AKA...ditchdigger

and proudly working every day through this, weather permitting


27 posted on 04/01/2020 4:27:57 PM PDT by digger48
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To: MinorityRepublican

And he is basing that on?


28 posted on 04/01/2020 4:31:15 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: LibertyWoman

Not sure. He mentioned the statistics in a press conference. I would guess the number of cases reported by each state’s health department and multiply that by the infectious ratio which is 2.5. Each person infects 2.5 people in 2 weeks so I guess you can make an estimate off that.


29 posted on 04/01/2020 4:34:13 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: digger48

Oh good..because of the thread subject I was thinking...well...you know..:)


30 posted on 04/01/2020 4:36:18 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: yesthatjallen

What a pile of shiitte.

“According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 2,813,503 registered deaths in the United States in 2017. The age-adjusted death rate, which accounts for the aging population, is 731.9 deaths per 100,000 people in the U.S. This is an increase of 0.4% over 2016’s death rate.”- Some Web Source
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Do you think another 100,000 really makes a difference in the body bag supply and demand curve?


31 posted on 04/01/2020 4:38:37 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: smvoice

LOL!!!

In HS, our local funeral directors son was nicknamed “Digger”

(Let’s hope I’m not needed for mass graves)


32 posted on 04/01/2020 4:39:51 PM PDT by digger48
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To: yesthatjallen

As long as they start with the Democrats, I’m OK with this.

I seem to remember a similar headline just before Desert Storm ...


33 posted on 04/01/2020 4:41:01 PM PDT by VeniVidiVici (Gays can give blood but I can't)
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To: yesthatjallen

During WW II in anticipation of the invasion of Japan and a estimated 500,000 casualties they ordered something like 500,000 Purple Hearts. Guess what they are still using that stash today.


34 posted on 04/01/2020 4:41:20 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: VeniVidiVici

They used those bags too..for towelheads...


35 posted on 04/01/2020 4:42:17 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: digger48

REALLY!! lol!!


36 posted on 04/01/2020 4:42:53 PM PDT by smvoice (I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
well it does seem highly contagious...even more so than the regular flu. But from what I've heard/read, they are going by computer models. You know, the same type of thing that predicted an Ice Age in the late 70s, predicted glaciers completely melting away in the 2000s, and predicted heat so extreme that humans will have to live underground (I believe that was the theme in the 90s). We've also seen predictions regarding hurricane strengths that were suppose to be 'off the charts' and destroy everything only to see some of those hurricanes dissipate before striking the coast or veering away altogether.

Today, it was predicted that Missouri will see 1200 dead; we have 14 dead so far.

We will see.

37 posted on 04/01/2020 4:43:44 PM PDT by LibertyWoman
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To: TLI
At the rate he was passing them (4 per minute) and what was still out in front a little rough math results in about 200 vehicles.

Actually it was 8 - 10 per minute.

I don't know where that 4 came from.

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38 posted on 04/01/2020 4:55:50 PM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: MinorityRepublican

We are 3 months into this and USA deaths are now 5099.
Many reports are saying the Malaria drug is working.
Most people are alone in their houses.
I don’t believe deaths are going to shoot way, way up.


39 posted on 04/01/2020 5:11:49 PM PDT by philetus (Keep doing what you always do and you'll eventually get what you deserve)
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To: yesthatjallen; All

No problem.

Didn’t the leftards demand the US military source 100,000 body bags at the start of the Iraq War?

I’ll bet most of them are still in some warehouse.


40 posted on 04/01/2020 5:42:14 PM PDT by Bruiser 10 (Do you boogaloo?)
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