Why Is The Government Turning 11

Military Bases Inside The United States

Into Quarantine Camps?
February 10, 2020​ by ​Michael Snyder

If this
coronavirus outbreak is not a serious threat, then why is the U.S.
government preparing to quarantine victims all over America? As
you will see below, 11 U.S. military bases located close to major
airports are being converted into “quarantine centers” for potential
patients. When I first learned about this, I was greatly alarmed,
because we have all seen what is going on in China right now. People
are literally being physically dragged out of their homes and are being
forcibly relocated to ​“mass quarantine camps”​ with hordes of other
very sick people. Sadly, many of them will never come out of those
camps alive. If this virus starts spreading like wildfire here in the
United States, is it possible that something similar could start
happening here?

The vast majority of the confirmed cases are still in China, but over
the last couple of weeks the number of cases in the rest of the world
has escalated dramatically.

Back on January 20th there were only 4 confirmed cases outside of

China and now there are 464. At this point there are victims ​in at least
28 different countries​, and that number is almost certain to keep
growing.

The reason why the virus has already spread to so many nations is
because it is highly contagious. Scientists have discovered that it
can be transmitted from person to person very easily, it has an
incubation period ​of up to 24 days​, and it can survive on smooth
surfaces ​for up to 9 days​.

If this coronavirus starts spreading very rapidly in the western world

it is going to create a tremendous amount of panic. Many are still
trying to compare this virus to the common flu, but that is a huge
mistake. China would never lock down major cities for weeks on end
for the flu.

Obviously something really big is happening, and the U.S.

government is preparing for a worst case scenario. According to ​the
Miami Herald​, 11 military bases inside the United States are currently
in the process of being transformed into “quarantine centers”…
Eleven military bases near major airports in the United States are
setting up quarantine centers for possible coronavirus patients, the
Department of Defense said.

The Department of Health and Human Services asked the Pentagon

for quarantine space in case beds fill up at other coronavirus centers
around the country, according to a DOD statement.

Is this an indication that the threat that this virus poses to our country
is far greater than we are being told?

The Department of Defense has released a statement about this new

program, and in that statement the 11 military bases ​were specifically
identified​…

● JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI (HNL)

● Great Lakes Training Center Navy Base, IL (ORD)
● Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, TX (DFW)
● March ARB, CA (LAX)
● Travis AFB, CA (SFO)
● Dobbins ARB, GA (ATL)
● Fort Hamilton, NY (JFK)
● Naval Base Kitsap, WA (SEA)
● Joint Base Anacostia, DC (IAD)
● Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, NJ (EWR)
● Fort Custer Training Center (DTW)

Hopefully not all of those facilities will be needed, but things are
certainly looking more grim with each passing day.
For example, the number of confirmed cases on a cruise ship
anchored off the coast of Japan ​nearly doubled​ on Monday. Of the
total number of people that have been infected, at least 24 of them ​are
Americans​…

There are at least 24 Americans among the 135 people infected with
the Wuhan coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship,
according to information from Princess Cruises and a CNN tally.

Japanese authorities are still testing hundreds of passengers on

board the ship, which has been stuck at a harbor south of Japanese
capital Tokyo for almost a week now.

Once the quarantine of that cruise ship is over, those Americans will
certainly want to return home.

Will they be allowed to do so, or will they be required to go to one of

these quarantine centers first?

Elsewhere in the country, people are being put in “self quarantine”

until officials believe that it is safe for them to resume their normal
lives. According to local officials, this is being done to ​“an
unspecified number of people in Bexar County”​ right now…

A number of Texans have been put in ‘self quarantine’ in their homes

in case they have the coronavirus after recently returning from China.
Officials in the city of San Antonio confirmed that an unspecified
number of people in Bexar County were being confined to their
homes for 14 days.

Their quarantine period began at 10am Sunday, News 4 San Antonio

reported.

Hopefully they know what they are doing, because if this virus gets
out of control it could potentially sweep across America like wildfire.

We have already seen what has happened in China, and we definitely

do not want that to happen here.

The Chinese have implemented extreme measures in a desperate

attempt to slow the spread of the virus, but so far the most effective
thing that they have done to reduce the numbers is to literally change
the definition of a “confirmed case”. The following comes from ​Zero
Hedge​…

As reported by local media this morning, the Chinese National Health

Commission quietly changed its definition of Coronavirus “confirmed
case” in the latest guideline dated 7/2. As a result, going forward
patients who tested positive for the virus but have no symptoms will
no longer be regarded as confirmed. As Alex Lam observes, “this
inevitably will lower the numbers.”

Of course there has been a tremendous amount of skepticism about

the numbers that China has been giving us from the very beginning,
and so this latest move isn’t that surprising.
But no matter how much China tries to spin things, there is no hiding
the fact that this is a very serious outbreak, and it will almost certainly
continue to intensify in the weeks ahead.

At this point, even the director-general of the World Health

Organization is admitting that ​“we may only be seeing the tip of the
iceberg”​…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health

​ ay not tell the entire story​.
Organization, warned that the numbers m

“There’ve been some concerning instances of … spread from people

with no travel history to China,” Tedros said. “The detection of a
small number of cases may indicate more widespread transmission in
other countries. In short, we may only be seeing the tip of the
iceberg.”

As I discussed yesterday, humanity is now facing a ​“perfect storm”​,

and what we have witnessed so far ​is just the beginning​.

Personally, I am still hoping that this outbreak will fade. I don’t know
if this is the sort of extremely deadly global pandemic that so many
experts have been warning could happen one day, but without a
doubt it is definitely clear that a lot of people are dying over in China.

Will the final death toll from this outbreak eventually number in the
thousands or the millions?

I don’t know, but all of us should definitely continue to monitor the

latest developments on a daily basis.
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