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I still can't believe that most large companies were not offering everything they could several weeks ago. All Army/Navy/Air Force medical personnel should alr

by jariel 7y ago

I still can't believe that most large companies were not offering everything they could several weeks ago. All Army/Navy/Air Force medical personnel should already be deployed to the field with makeshift drive-in testing spots. The Army is good at creating controlled zones. They can direct traffic while someone takes a swab. All other military personnel should be working with hospitals to do 'anything non-medically related'. Taking names, providing transportation, direction people, providing backup generators. All labs capable of doing testing should be preparing/getting processes ready. 3D printers printing whatever they can for equipment support. Anyone laid off should be hired immediately by the government to provide free grocery and medicine delivery to those quarantined. This would serve as an economic stimulus. All trained medical staff in the country should be triaging based on the 'new normal': family doctors are no longer family doctors, they only treat regular patients if needed, otherwise, it's 4 days a week dealing with Corona. A tidal wave is about to hit the nation, it's 'all hands on deck'.

rstupek 7y ago
The military is legally prohibited from operating on US soil (kind of something the framers didn't feel comfortable with). Perhaps you mean the National Guard, which is controlled by the governor of each state?
- jariel 7y ago
  I mean deploy them without weapons, or possibly uniforms if necessary. If that's still illegal, they put many of them on 'leave without pay' if they were with a different federal agency wherein they operate without rank or difference to their military status i.e. 'bodies for work'. They can be filtered into roles given qualifications. Uniforms are not necessary and they would have no real legal authority, the legality could be enforced by local law enforcement if necessary. Don't need guns, uniforms or much training or authority to divert traffic, take peoples names, guide them in parking lots while they wait for test results.

by jariel 7y ago

rstupek 7y ago

The military is legally prohibited from operating on US soil (kind of something the framers didn't feel comfortable with). Perhaps you mean the National Guard, which is controlled by the governor of each state?

jariel 7y ago
I mean deploy them without weapons, or possibly uniforms if necessary. If that's still illegal, they put many of them on 'leave without pay' if they were with a different federal agency wherein they operate without rank or difference to their military status i.e. 'bodies for work'. They can be filtered into roles given qualifications. Uniforms are not necessary and they would have no real legal authority, the legality could be enforced by local law enforcement if necessary. Don't need guns, uniforms or much training or authority to divert traffic, take peoples names, guide them in parking lots while they wait for test results.