DoD Sets Policy for Troops Returning from Ebola Areas

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http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=123594

DoD Sets Policy for Troops Returning from Ebola Areas

By Karen Parrish
DoD News, Defense Media Activity

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7, 2014 – Pentagon officials released guidance today outlining a 21-day “controlled monitoring” policy for Defense Department personnel returning from areas where the Ebola virus is present.
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The policy requires 21 days of monitoring at one of a number of separate locations on U.S. military installations, and includes no physical contact with family and friends, base community and the general population.

“Selection criteria for these installations included proximity to medical facilities capable of treating Ebola and the ability to conduct twice daily temperature checks, medical screenings, and to control movement and access,” Kirby said. He listed seven locations approved as controlled monitoring sites. They are:

-- Fort Bliss, El Paso, Texas;
-- Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Hampton, Virginia;
-- Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas;
-- Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina;
-- Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington;
-- U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, Germany; and
-- U.S. Army Garrison Caserma Del Din, Vicenza, Italy.

Other Ebola-related Announcements

Kirby also announced that 30 additional military personnel will be identified and trained to provide back-up capability to the existing 30-person Ebola medical support team, and that civilian employees who become ill or are injured while deployed in the operation, dubbed United Assistance, are authorized to receive medical care at a military treatment facility at no cost to them.
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1. Link to DoD presser 7 Nov 2014

http://www.defense.gov/Transcripts/Transcript.aspx?TranscriptID=5535

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2. stupid is as stupid does

mandatory quarantine is idiotic, but the military specializes in idiocy.