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U.S. forces begin virus testing on all personnel arriving in Japan

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Begin??!!

6 ( +6 / -0 )

How about doing the testing and quarantine before they come over here instead of after they arrive?

6 ( +8 / -2 )

Now?! Is this a joke?

5 ( +6 / -1 )

Good idea. Should have been done over a month ago.

4 ( +5 / -1 )

Only 7 months late in a world pandemic where over 4m Americans are infected.

4 ( +5 / -1 )

Arriving? It means they are still sending people to and from the U.S. Even after this has happened.

No-one should be arriving from the States full stop. Military or Civilian!

4 ( +6 / -2 )

They have been testing everyone down here for a number of weeks already. And they have been quarantining the military people coming into Okinawa for weeks already as well.

It's just being reported HERE now!

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@Yubaru

They have been testing everyone down here for a number of weeks already

How do you know that?

3 ( +5 / -2 )

How do you know that?

Local news reports.

3 ( +3 / -0 )

The protocol for since early this year was basically self-imposed 2 weeks quarantine. However, personnel were still able to interact with other military personnel and SOFA members were not really monitored especially if the family lived off base. So, they could go out anytime like when they needed to buy food and stuff.

Not only that but also infected Japanese workers were bringing it on base. It is still hard to get tested in regular hospitals across Japan, but it was really hard at the beginning. If you are full-time Japanese employ, you have access to the military hospitals. Some of the first confirmed infections were both American and Japanese patients at the military hospital in Kanto. I am not going to say which one, but before the lockdown, my Japanese friend was informed to keep the announcement of the first infected patients on base quiet.

Only hospital employees knew, but of course they told friends and family!

2 ( +3 / -1 )

So, US corona cases started skyrocketing in March. And Japan has decided that Americans on bases are American and that, you know, there may be a risk worth looking into. And they decided that .... now.

2 ( +4 / -2 )

Two conclusions

I am now generally surprised Okinawa didnt have a mass outbreak sooner.

And

Anyone calling for a lockdown is fool, the level of incompetence shown by both governments means it isnt going to work.

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Wow. How is this even possible?

The country with the highest number of recorded cases, and now we start to test.

2 ( +3 / -1 )

begin!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! bit late no?

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Shouldn't they be tested before leaving?

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That it took them this long is just more evidence that U.S. troops are more a threat to the world than a protector. How about just send them all home and don't come back?

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Don’t forget Okinawa is a group of islands. New case in Miyakojima...only one hospital. This is serious.

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It took these dummies 6 months into the worst pandemic in 100 years to start doing this?

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GOD bless the USA! Its about time my fellow soldiers have decided to military action and enforce rules where Japan is weak at doing.

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