Anonymous ID: 7a93cc Jan. 2, 2022, 5 p.m. No.15298257   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8296 >>8530 >>8673 >>8695 >>8719

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Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III

 

I tested positive this morning for COVID-19. I requested the test today after exhibiting symptoms while at home on leave.

 

My symptoms are mild, and I am following my physicianโ€™s directions.

 

In keeping with those directions, and in accordance with CDC guidelines, I will quarantine myself at home for the next five days.

 

Stemming the spread of this virus, safeguarding our workforce and ensuring my own speedy and safe recovery remain my priorities. To the degree possible, I plan to attend virtually this coming week those key meetings and discussions required to inform my situational awareness and decision making. I will retain all authorities. Deputy Secretary Hicks will represent me as appropriate in other matters.

 

I have informed my leadership team of my positive test result, as well as the President. My staff has begun contact tracing and testing of all those with whom I have come into contact over the last week.

 

My last meeting with President Biden occurred on Tuesday, December 21st, more than a week before I began to experience symptoms. I tested negative that very morning. I have not been in the Pentagon since Thursday, where I met briefly - and only - with a few members of my staff. We were properly masked and socially distanced throughout.

 

As my doctor made clear to me, my fully vaccinated status โ€” and the booster I received in early October โ€” have rendered the infection much more mild than it would otherwise have been. And I am grateful for that.

 

The vaccines work and will remain a military medical requirement for our workforce. I continue to encourage everyone eligible for a booster shot to get one. This remains a readiness issue.

 

https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/2886520/statement-by-secretary-of-defense-lloyd-j-austin-iii-on-covid-status/

>The vaccines work

>I continue to encourage everyone eligible for a booster shot to get one.

Anonymous ID: 7a93cc Jan. 2, 2022, 5:29 p.m. No.15298396   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>8405 >>8530 >>8673 >>8719

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OK, hold on one darn second.

If coronavirus existed in Spain nine months before "officially" detected that DESTROYS many core beliefs about the so called pandemic. Two specifically. It's contagiousness and the necessity for lockdowns. If it had been in Spain basically all of 2019 and wasn't killing anybody, that means it's either not as contagious as they claim it is or as deadly. I can see why they buried this story.