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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Tue Mar 10, 2020, 02:15 PM Mar 2020

Contractor who tested positive for the coronavirus lied about his health to access US military base

A contractor who tested positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) lied about his health and continued working construction at Camp Walker, a US military base in South Korea, while sick.

There have been a total of nine coronavirus cases linked to US Forces Korea. The eighth, a Korean construction worker, intentionally evaded US military prevention and containment efforts to continue to work on base. The US military has filed a grievance with the company.

The man "was sick one week ago and kept coming on post," Col. Edward Ballanco, commander at US Army Garrison Daegu, said in a Facebook video Monday.

"He was not answering the questions truthfully," he explained. "He had even been tested for COVID and still came on post that day." Calling the man's actions "reprehensible," the commander said "he will never be coming on post again."

https://news.yahoo.com/contractor-tested-positive-coronavirus-lied-135934494.html

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Contractor who tested positive for the coronavirus lied about his health to access US military base (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Mar 2020 OP
Shouldnt there be seriously severe penalties for shit like this Fullduplexxx Mar 2020 #1
They're not letting him on the base again? gratuitous Mar 2020 #2

gratuitous

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2. They're not letting him on the base again?
Tue Mar 10, 2020, 02:32 PM
Mar 2020

Has the President been notified of this? A military contractor losing his job over such a minor incident? Is that even legal? How can some overpaid pencil-pushing commander deprive someone of a job? Trump will put a stop to this, just like he did the Eddie Gallagher nonsense. War criminals and disease carriers need protection, and Donald Trump is the only one who can do this. Mostly because everyone else on the planet rightfully detests these folks.

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