WTH: Arkansas National Guard Called Up by Governor to Transport COVID-19 Patients to an Isolation Facility

Saw this on the local news here. The newscasters back tracked quick on it and said the NG was going to be doing everything BUT transporting covid patients and that going to the isolation facility was "voluntary" for people who, and I quote, "couldn't isolate in their homes away from family."

You can take that as you see fit.

Here's the identical story on KARK, which is Little Rock's NBC affiliate: [link to www.kark.com (secure)]

Yeah Arkansas is so back woods, they get very fearful and spontaneous about things like this.

So now the governor is transporting folks who have the flu to an isolation facility at the Uof A in Little Rock. Hmmmmm.....when will this idiocracy end? The flu is like a bad cold. Catch it and get over it in a week or two. How dumbed down our nation has become. Its a wonder we will even win a war against wakanda. I hope this merrygoround stops soon so I can get off and get busy with my life without the continuous beat down of "wear your mask" and "covid infections have increased by 1000% since Trump got into office". Blathering idiots.

CBS says the original report is being walked back...

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Just to clarify I wasn't saying that the OP was mistaken by any means. I found it odd they specifically came out and downplayed it. I think there's more to it than what's being said.

Actually it reminds me of how the "isolation facilities" started in China. That nobody returned from. The similarities give me pause guess I should say.

The governor should go one step further and have four designated hospitals around the state for treatment of Covid 19 patients. That way other hospitals can go about their regular business. At this point, ventilators (if needed since most patients aren't on them) should not be a problem.

Someone please set me straight.

When someone is covid positive, does that mean they tested positive or they are sick with covid?

I've seen it used one way to confuse people and another way to up the number of cases. The media uses positive to mean another covid case when in actuality, it referred to positive testing.

At any rate, so much slight of hand anymore that up is down and false is true.