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Old 28th Jun 2021, 06:20
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CDS has tested positive for C-19

General Sir Nick Carter has tested positive for Covid 19 and is now self-isolating as are Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston and the head of Joint Forces Command, General Sir Patrick Sanders. Evidently the CGS, General Sir Mark Carlton-Smith and VCDS, Admiral Sir Tim Fraser, didn't get close enough to cop it!

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It would seem they did….

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Defense Secretary Ben Wallace and Britain’s six most senior military commanders are all isolating after Chief of the Defense Staff General Nick Carter tested positive for COVID, the Telegraph’s Lucy Fisher reports.
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Hi Orac,

The Daily Mail reckons Carlton-Smith and Fraser were out of range and aren't having isolate.

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On a personal note, I hope Sir and the others are not affected badly by this and make a full recovery. I would surmise that because part of the leadership behaviour we expect to see involves being seen it would put him in a higher risk profile than many others, especially as a large proportion of the armed forces have been in the frontline of the Covid19 response. You can't really run the armed forces just using zoom or MS Teams.
On a professional note, it would be interesting to hear what levels of C19 infection have been in the Armed Forces and how it has been managed, especially given that many aspects of Armed Forces life would appear to carry a high risk of C19 infection such as shared messing facilities, dining, shared accommodation etc.
I've been heavily involved in the management of C19 in my civvy employment (3000+ employees- the majority working in public facing roles or cannot work at home, multiple sites across 5 counties including London) and so far we've sadly lost one employee (although many others have lost relatives) and the worst absence rate was 9% one week last winter. Aside from a few clusters at some sites ( predominately caused by car sharing) we've so managed it fairly,well although I dread to think how much it has cost.
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https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...tests-positive

…..The head of the army and Carter’s deputy, who also attended the same meeting but were at a distance from Carter, spent the weekend isolating while they waited for the results of PCR tests. It is believed that as a precaution they will work remotely on Monday…..
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I just hope they werent snogging in the office.....
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I thought at that level all were known to remotely work.
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CDS is 60+, has he had his "jabs"? He should have done!
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Old 28th Jun 2021, 20:39
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Was I the only on who first mis-read "CDS tested positive" and erroneously added "CDT"
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