Corona Virus on or before I-day = Medically DQ'd

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DS just got an e-mail from his B&G officer stating the Naval Academy has stated any Appointee who acquires the Coronavirus before I-day will be medically DQ'd and appointment taken away, no exceptions. He also said they were working for a plan to test Midshipmen on I-day and potentially DQ any they feel are ill with Coronavirus like symptoms. Has anyone else heard this??

I was shocked, but that is the way of the world these days...we are all in UNCHARTED WATERS for sure.
 
Makes sense to me. Can't expose the midshipmen. It's not clear (to me) whether that statement includes those who have recovered and are no longer shedding the virus, but I wouldn't be surprised to find that they are, in fact, included.
 
Here is the e-mail:

State Lead B&G Commander says:

Hello,

The following came from USNA just this morning. For each of us who have an Appointee, one with an offer but still making up his/her mind, or a candidate who is selected for NAPS, please pass these questions and answers on to that person. Since not all our State's Appointments have been given yet, please hold onto these Q&As in case one of your candidates is chosen soon.

Basically, the info is, if an Appointee has COVID-19 or gets it prior to I-Day, they are medically DQ-ed and that is it. Testing for the virus on I-Day is still being worked on. If they get it once at USNA, that is still being worked on. All our Appointees should take Great Care to Not Get the virus.

DQ-ed means “disqualified.” Sent home – banished – good bye. And if you think the Navy is heartless, they have 1,000 appointees and less 20 is no big deal to the World’s Greatest Leadership Laboratory. Sounds harsh. Wonder how they are gonna address the youngster Cruises that will be going to the seven seas at the end of May?

It is going to be an interesting journey. Stay home.
 
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I don’t doubt the veracity of this, and I can understand not letting you in the gates if you show up with it, but there is so much about this virus we don’t know. For example, if you get it, don’t know you have it, and “recover,” does it stay in your system giving you some sort of immunity or can you get it again. Also, could one test positive for it in June if they had it in March? What if you test negative in June and then get it in July...will they kick you out? Anyway, I have told my DS he has yet another reason to follow the guidelines and be careful!
 
Wow.... just ANOTHER PANIC button that was just pressed for our young people. Speaking for our household, my DH is a clinician working in the hospitals, serving our community during this crisis. This automatically makes our family at higher risk of exposure. I would hope admissions would at least defer the appointment.
 
I don't buy it. Having had it, with or without symptoms, and recovering does not mean you will carry the illness for the rest of your life, or be a lifetime carrier of the virus.
If you get to I-day with an active case and are symptomatic...that's a different situation.
 
My DS has not heard anything from his BGO. Seems a little draconian. I can understand DQ until cleared by medical professionals; but blanket loss of the appointment offer seems extreme given all we don’t know about this virus. Bubble wrapping my DS until I-day, and hopefully we will see official words come out thru official channels that clearly outline what the process will be.
 
I'm no scientist but if it's like the flu, then is anyone ever immune? We get viruses all the time. COVID-19 just happens to be virulent. Anyways, hopefully they defer appointment if someone can recover. So little is known about this COVID -19 yet that we don't know the long term effects on the lungs. Maybe it is just like the flu, who knows?
 
I'm guessing they'd defer the appointment until the C/O 2025 shows up.

Based off what Navy medical standards have been released WRT COVID-19 from BUMED, being forever DQed from the naval service because of having had it is not probable.
 
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@MedrewUSMA2024 .... COVID-19 is not your typical seasonal flu virus. It is hitting some who are infected very hard, especially in the lungs. Read about the 1918 flu that killed > 50M world wide — close to 1M deaths in the U.S. I am not saying that it is as bad as the 1918 flu virus, but this latest one is bad.

The 1918 flu hit really hard early in that year, then it hit again later after October of that year.

The goal of Social Distancing is to get the Spread Rate (Ro) less than 1 (fan out). China‘s draconian measures are getting the Ro value less than 1. We are probably not at a Ro level less than 1 here in the U.S.

We will need a vaccine for this thing or we will be doing some social distancing again soon I fear.
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Clearly, a lot of unanswered questions have been posed here that still need to be answered...by USNA and USNA only. That includes speculation about having been contracted, recovered, disposition of same, etc.. Much to be resolved between now and I-Day.

Having said that, whether one deems what the OP posted as being "harsh" or not, I can tell you unequivocally, that once they lay out the specifics for all on what that protocol looks like, there won't won't be any "I would think this or that based on individual situations". It will be what it is, harsh or not.

Until then, just keep as safe as you can be, follow the CDC protocols, and take care of yourself. It's all you can do.
 
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