High Schooler with interest in USAFA and AFROTC and Covid Testing

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Hawkeye99

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My son is in the process of applying to USAFA and for AFROTC scholarships. His new part time job at a senior living center has requested that he take a COVID test (not an antibody test). He's asymptomatic and I don't think he has the virus, but it's possible I suppose.

We contacted his ALO this earlier this week for clarification and guidance but have not heard back from her.

I was reading this forum and a sub on Reddit in March and saw that initial knee jerk policy said if you tested positive you would be disqualified.

I know this is a rapidly changing situation and further guidance from the DOD was supposed to come on May 21 according to a thread I read in this forum. I googled and found an article in the military times that said you could still enlist in the military if you had tested positive but had not been hospitalized.

I'm concerned about jeopardizing my son's future in the AF over a part time summer job. His employer is not allowing him to return to work for two weeks if he doesn't take the test and then there is the possibility they will require the test to continue working there.

Does anybody know the current status of the policy? Are potential cadets subject to different policy?

Thanks in advance.
 
Hawkeye99 said:
My son is in the process of applying to USAFA and for AFROTC scholarships. His new part time job at a senior living center has requested that he take a COVID test (not an antibody test). He's asymptomatic and I don't think he has the virus, but it's possible I suppose.

We contacted his ALO this earlier this week for clarification and guidance but have not heard back from her.

I was reading this forum and a sub on Reddit in March and saw that initial knee jerk policy said if you tested positive you would be disqualified.

I know this is a rapidly changing situation and further guidance from the DOD was supposed to come on May 21 according to a thread I read in this forum. I googled and found an article in the military times that said you could still enlist in the military if you had tested positive but had not been hospitalized.

I'm concerned about jeopardizing my son's future in the AF over a part time summer job. His employer is not allowing him to return to work for two weeks if he doesn't take the test and then there is the possibility they will require the test to continue working there.

Does anybody know the current status of the policy? Are potential cadets subject to different policy?

Thanks in advance.
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I have no idea what the answer is but I highly doubt you would be disaqualifed for having gotten the virus especially if the worst thing that happended were flu like symptoms. I would even thing that having Covid 19 antibodies would be a plus. Sure if you have it now and you are starting school in September there could be an issue, but if you are anywhere beyond 6 months to attending, who would even care. Of course that is my opinion and I could be 100% wrong but it wouldnt be logical especially as people have been getting sick from other corona viruses for years now and no one seems to have cared about those.
 
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United States Air Force Academy Coronavirus Updates

The Academy continues to safeguard service members against COVID-19. Our guidance, polices and coronavirus updates are available here.
www.usafa.edu www.usafa.edu

Cadets suspected of exposure to the virus or showing signs of illness will be assessed. If the assessment shows the cadet may have been exposed they will be quarantined and tested. If the test results as a positive, the cadet will remain in isolation until the symptoms have resolved and/or lab results return negative.
 
Thank you all for your replies.

This is just a weird unprecedented situation that is constantly evolving. Guidance could very well be different a few weeks or months from now.

We will go with current guidance for now. That’s all we can do at this point.
 
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