She stressed that the Chinese have not cooperated with the international community in sharing critical information, which is one more reason the Pentagon should have tested the athletes. She is also a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, a medical association representing physicians, scientists, and other health care professionals who specialize in infectious diseases. Kullar is with Expert Stewardship, Inc., a company that promotes infection prevention in long-term care facilities. The Chinese government is not being transparent enough.” “We still don’t know who is patient zero. “It may have happened before December, that is the unknown factor,” Kullar said.
Ravina Kullar, an infectious diseases expert and epidemiologist based out of Santa Monica, California, said in an interview. “I do think that it is a concern that these people were not tested, especially going into an area that might be a center, a huge probability,” Dr. Washington was one of the earliest states to show a spike in COVID-19. team used chartered flights to and from the games via Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. team that went to Wuhan.Īdditionally, the U.S. military facilities that are home bases of members of the U.S. team that went to Wuhan.īefore March 31, when the Pentagon restricted the release of information about COVID-19 cases at installations for security reasons, infections occurred at a minimum of 63 military facilities where team members returned after the Wuhan games.Ī strong correlation exists in COVID-19 cases reported at U.S. Since that email, Pentagon officials have repeatedly declined to speak on or off the record regarding the subject.Ĭontrary to the Pentagon’s insistence, however, an investigation of COVID-19 cases in the military from official and public source materials shows that a strong correlation exists in COVID-19 cases reported at U.S. The spokesperson cited December 31, 2019, as the critical outbreak day and that no testing was deemed necessary for any possible exposure prior to February 1, 2020. A spokesperson issued a terse email response to the question, saying there was no screening because the event-held from October 18 to 27, 2019-“was prior to the reported outbreak.” When the games ended, they returned to at least 219 home bases in 25 states, without ever being screened for possible COVID-19 infection.Īccording to the Pentagon, there was no reason to do so then, or subsequently.
military, Department of Defense, and support personnel attended the 2019 Military World Games in Wuhan, China.
WASHINGTON – Less than a month before data shows the first Chinese citizen became ill with coronavirus, nearly 300 members of the U.S. Opening ceremonies of the seventh Military World Games, in Wuhan, China, October 18, 2019
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