Why are active duty military in these numbers, and for this duration (2 years), needed for the coronavirus outbreak?
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They’re not. These are simply (probably) a standard personnel ceiling and a standard timeframe window included in the “boilerplate” language for such orders. That’s my speculation.
But why are such orders being made? The EO sez, "...in furtherance of Proclamation 9994 of March 13, 2020 (Declaring a National Emergency Concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Outbreak), which declared a national emergency by reason of the threat that the novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 poses to our Nation’s healthcare systems..."
Why is deployment of active duty military needed for that? I understand the virus outbreak threatens our health care systems, but what can military troops do about it? They can't shoot the virus.... Somebody on Facebook speculated this was the beginning of martial law. And a website speculated that these soldiers would be needed to fight an invasion on our soil by the Chinese military...