Osan AB Announces that Schools Will Remain Open Despite MERS Case
The Stars and Stripes has an article published now that discusses how a ROK Air Force servicemember has been hospitalized for MERS. Of further interest to those at Osan AB is that schools will remain open for now despite the MERS outbreak:
DODEA Pacific spokesman Charly Hoff said there are no plans to close military schools in South Korea.
“However, the health and well-being of our students and employees remain top priorities, and we are closely monitoring the situation in conjunction with military leaders and health experts,” he said. “Should an operational change become necessary, the principal at the local school will promptly notify students, parents and employees directly.” [Stars & Stripes]
You can read the rest at the link, but of further interest is that the ROK Air Force servicemember said he caught MERS while being treated for a fracture at a hospital. It seems that many of these infections are caused by people visiting the hospital where other MERS patients are. Hopefully the Korean hospitals take extra precautions to stop the spread of the virus within hospitals.
“there are no plans to close military schools in South Korea”
…but…
“the health and well-being of our students and employees remain top priorities”
Hmmm…
These two statements seem slightly contradictory.
If health and well-being were TOP priorities, the school would close until the unsure situation was absolutely clear…
…as health and well-being would be… TOP… priorities.
…and a bunch of sniveling, leaky crotch fruit packed into classrooms are dream vectors for all sorts of nasties.
But it sounds suspiciously like collecting that attendance-based funding is the TOP priority… with health and well-being coming in (a hopefully close) second.
There are are enough examples in government/military where concealing threats to health and well-being were the actual top priority… so it is so hard to be trusting… especially when the obvious doublespeak starts up.
Do I have trust issues?
No. Don’t answer that. You would probably be misleading me anyway.