military facilities that are home bases of members of the U.S. Since that email, Pentagon officials have repeatedly declined to speak on or off the record regarding the subject.Ĭontrary to the Pentagon’s insistence, however, an investigation of COVID-19 cases in the military from official and public source materials shows that a strong correlation exists in COVID-19 cases reported at U.S. The spokesperson cited December 31, 2019, as the critical outbreak day and that no testing was deemed necessary for any possible exposure prior to February 1, 2020.
A spokesperson issued a terse email response to the question, saying there was no screening because the event-held from October 18 to 27, 2019-“was prior to the reported outbreak.” When the games ended, they returned to at least 219 home bases in 25 states, without ever being screened for possible COVID-19 infection.Īccording to the Pentagon, there was no reason to do so then, or subsequently.
military, Department of Defense, and support personnel attended the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China.
WASHINGTON – Less than a month before data shows the first Chinese citizen became ill with coronavirus, nearly 300 members of the U.S. Opening ceremonies of the seventh Military World Games, in Wuhan, China, October 18, 2019
