Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Ever been diagnosed with Covid19? The Military won't accept you.

This could be disturbing (from Drudge): If you've had Covid19, even if completely recovered, the Military won't take you.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/...vivors-banned-from-joining-the-military/

Seems they feel this virus could be different.

Too bad they didn't have Covid-19 during the Vietnam War. You could have caught it deliberately and been exempt from the draft. People under 25 almost never die of it.

Sooo, are they going to d-zero all those in the military that now have it or have had it ?

Drudge, eh ?

No idea.

Drudge linking the Military Times.

This seems unprecedented.

Only thing I can think of is this is a temporary abundance of caution, how can you quarantine a ship or installation if the virus is dormant in the personnel?

Worse case scenario would be they know more about this virus than has been put out.

If that rule stands, we are going to run damned short of persons eligible for service in a couple or three years. Unless they continue to accept asymptomatic survivors. But blood tests for antibodies will disqualify a large segment of the population.

This is veeeeeeery peculiar . Is there precedence for this? Any other illness treated as such?

The risk factors related to the severity of the disease include:
- Age
- Diabetes (type 1 and type 2)
- Heart disease and hypertension
- Smoking
- Blood type
- Obesity
- Genetic factors
see: https://www.livescience.com/why-covid-19-coronavirus-deadly-for-some-people.html

I suspect some 'fire members have some of these issues.

And, there are a number of post-illness conditions that must be accounted for.
see: https://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/the-challenges-of-post-covid-19-care

The military just doesn't want to deal with this, understandably.

But they will take a transgender and pay for their medical needs.

When was the last time you were outside, in the sun, without a mask on?

Another uniformed idiotic post from DJS

Did you conduct training for the military? SEALS? Delta Force?

I had the chicken pox, measles, the flu as a child but still graduated first in my class in basic training and airborne. They should have banned me from service I guess

According to DJS we should allow weak citizens with weak immune systems in the military so china can use biological weapons more effectively

Seems like having troops with immunity would be an advantage, not a disadvantage.

This won't stand.

djs is emptying his drool cup and will be back shortly to respond lmao

From the OP's link:

"If an applicant fails screening, according to the memo, they won’t be tested, but they can return in 14 days if they’re symptom-free. Anyone who has been diagnosed with COVID-19 will have to wait until 28 days after diagnosis to report to MEPS."

Thumbs up

If I spent twenty plus and they gave me my nick name, anyone should be eligible

Kind of hard to misinterpret that. Unless you're really trying.

So a month later you go back to MEPS and......

During the medical history interview or examination, a history of COVID-19, confirmed by either a laboratory test or a clinician diagnosis,Is permanently disqualifying.

this in an article in the Military Times headed “Coronavirus survivors banned from joining the military.”

OK, I’ll ‘fess up; I’m having Interpretation problems.

Army lies as it’s called..

Exactly this!

Military Times is not much more than a military-centric tabloid. This is a temporary correction to avoid COVID outbreaks in training facilities. The other thing is, a permanent disqualification is not necessarily a permanent thing. Evals, waivers, and such are.

Exactly...

With my luck, I'd have been naturally immune.