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Biden’s Covid
Cluster: Hundreds of National Guard Troops in D.C. Test Positive or Are
in Quarantine After Deployment for Inaugural
Hundreds of National Guard troops
deployed to Washington, D.C. for the Biden inaugural this week have
tested positive for the COVID-19 China coronavirus or are in quarantine
for exposure to the virus, according to a report by Politico published
Friday. Troops have been seen resting and sleeping in close quarters
since their arrival at the Capitol last week. Thursday night 5,000
troops were reported to have been ordered to rest in a parking garage on
Capitol grounds, prompting outrage among Congressmen and Senators.
Because of long shifts that keep them from going back to their hotel
rooms in the city, troops have been taking breaks in close quarters.
As thousands of National Guard troops flood into Washington, D.C., coronavirus cases have spiked among them.
Of the roughly 7,000 Guardsmen currently deployed to the District of
Columbia, there are now 43 positive cases of COVID-19, Air Force Capt.
Tinashe Machona, spokesman for the D.C. National Guard, said in a
statement.
‘Packed us together like sardines’: Guard deployed to Capitol struggles to contain Covid
Hundreds of Guard members who poured into Washington after the
Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have tested positive for Covid-19 or
are quarantining in nearby hotels.
The National Guard has struggled to implement a plan to test troops
flowing into and out of Washington, D.C., for Covid-19, with some Guard
members being forced to find their own tests and others pressured to
leave their quarantine early to report to duty.
Already, hundreds of Guard members who poured into Washington, D.C.,
after the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol have tested positive for
Covid-19 or are quarantining in nearby hotels, three Guard sources said.
Guard leadership has declined to release an official number of positive
cases, but troops and lawmakers alike worry that the deployment is
becoming a superspreader event.
…“I think we’ve got to figure out what went wrong because I think
there’s going to be a National Guard presence on campus for the
foreseeable future,” Murphy added. (Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT).
“We did not get Covid tests on arrival,” said another Guard member.
“Right after the holidays they packed us together like sardines in buses
and rooms for this.”
The CDC’s guidelines for quarantining after a negative
test — which are recommended following any exposure to the virus because
tests are not 100 percent accurate — are increasingly being “completely
disregarded,” the Guard member added.
Meanwhile, the National Guard posted this photo after noon on Friday
that was taken January 14 captioned, “Soldiers in the Maryland Army
National Guard use the soldiers’ backs in front of them to fill out
their medical paperwork to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the U.S.
Capitol Complex in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 14, 2021. National Guard
Soldiers and Airmen from several states have traveled to the District to
provide support to federal and district authorities leading up to the
59th Presidential Inauguration. (U.S. National Guard photo by Sgt. Chazz
Kibler)”
For it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an` Chuck him out, the brute! ”
But it’s ” Saviour of ‘is country ” when the guns begin to shoot;
An’ it’s Tommy this, an’ Tommy that, an’ anything you please;
An ‘Tommy ain’t a bloomin’ fool – you bet that Tommy sees!
Tommy, Rudyard Kipling
Last week 43 troops tested positive for the virus, reported Military Times:
