Is COVID still considered a dangerous pandemic, or has the country moved on from it?
One would never know the answer to this question given the doublespeak and actions of our government. As the Biden administration and “experts” like Dr. Fauci continue to tout how dangerous the virus is, the U.S. Army, at least according to one soldier, seems to use a protocol that contradicts the Biden administration’s.
Speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation, a United States soldier told me that the Army made him return to work after testing positive for COVID. The soldier claimed he didn’t find anything wrong with that, and it appeared to adhere to the military’s latest guidelines for COVID. But he did express some concern that he returned while still experiencing symptoms.
The soldier did want to emphasize that the Army didn’t necessarily do anything wrong and followed existing protocol.
“The first time you test positive for COVID, they have you stay home for five days,” the soldier told me. “After that, they typically make you come back to work.”
As of January 2022, the policy for COVID from the Department of Defense states that “personnel who have signs or symptoms consistent with COVID-19 will notify their commander or supervisor and stay home.” If someone tests positive for COVID, he or she is to quarantine at home for five calendar days. The rules then stipulate that personnel may return to work “if they have no symptoms.” Once they return to work, they are supposed to wear a mask for five additional days.
But in this particular case, the soldier was not asymptomatic and was ordered to return to work, which seems to be in violation of the military’s COVID protocol. So, what gives? Was the soldier’s superior officer right in suggesting he should return to work with symptoms and a positive test, seemingly violating protocol? Or is this the latest example of bureaucratic incompetence in the pandemic?
“He was still coughing with a stuffy nose after five days and still tested positive,” the soldier’s wife told me (also speaking on condition of anonymity). “But since one can test positive for COVID for up to 90 days, the Army assessed the risk versus precautions (wearing a mask at work) and made the decision he was more needed at work.”
“So, he still tested positive, still coughing and sneezing, but they deemed his sickness as good enough to come back to work,” the wife told me. “One of his NCOs originally suggested that he not even come back until I wasn’t sick anymore, but the first sergeant told him to return.”
COVID hysteria aside, this scenario raises questions and concerns over how COVID is being treated in the government under the Biden administration. On one hand, we still get the doomsday and dire warnings about how COVID is still a grave threat and should be taken seriously. On the other hand, stories like the one above seem to contradict those warnings. Is the country still worried about COVID? Should it be? There appears to be a lot of inconsistency and confusion two years into the pandemic, under a president who specifically bragged about his experience and having a plan for the pandemic.
“You know what my husband got this morning?” the wife said. “A text from his co-workers saying they felt sick now.”
One can only wonder if these inconsistencies and confusion are contributing to the continued spread of COVID, or if the virus isn’t really as dangerous as the “experts” are claiming it to be.
