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People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« on: August 22, 2024, 11:54:50 am »

People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
The ruling strikes down the last remaining policy preventing asymptomatic HIV-positive people from military enlistment, service and promotion.
 
Aug. 21, 2024, 3:08 PM EDT
By Brooke Sopelsa and Benjamin Ryan

Americans with well-treated HIV can no longer be barred from enlisting in the U.S. military, a federal judge ruled Thursday, striking down the Pentagon’s last remaining policy limiting the service of those with the virus.
 
“Defendants’ policies prohibiting the accession of asymptomatic HIV-positive individuals with undetectable viral loads into the military are irrational, arbitrary, and capricious. Even worse, they contribute to the ongoing stigma surrounding HIV-positive individuals while actively hampering the military’s own recruitment goals,” wrote Judge Leonie Brinkema of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
 
In her ruling, Brinkema mentioned her landmark 2022 decision that ended the Defense Department’s long-standing policy of forbidding service members who were diagnosed with HIV after enlisting from deploying in active duty outside the continental U.S. and being commissioned as officers.

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/judge-rules-hiv-positive-americans-cannot-banned-military-service-rcna167557
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2024, 11:59:45 am »
You can count on it.  Next, we'll see lawsuits from the blind, deaf, missing limbs, etc.  Virtually anything covered under the Civil Rights act of 1964 has just become fair game for any shyster lawyer. :pondering:
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2024, 12:05:28 pm »
... the morbidly obese won't be far behind ... G.I. Fat Bastard
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #3 on: August 22, 2024, 02:30:17 pm »
More financial drain on an already strained military health care system. Which means less O&M $$.
Treating HIV isn't cheap...and the primary concept behind disqualifying certain individuals is to have a "clean" blood supply in case of need/emergency.
So yeah, it's capricious but for an extremely valid reason you dope judge.
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #4 on: August 22, 2024, 04:11:15 pm »
Quote from: SZonian on August 22, 2024, 02:30:17 pm
More financial drain on an already strained military health care system. Which means less O&M $$.
Treating HIV isn't cheap...and the primary concept behind disqualifying certain individuals is to have a "clean" blood supply in case of need/emergency.
So yeah, it's capricious but for an extremely valid reason you dope judge.



You made two very valid points...the strained military health system and a clean blood supply.
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #5 on: August 22, 2024, 04:12:10 pm »
 Judge Leonie Brinkema is an IDIOT!
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Re: People with HIV cannot be categorically barred from joining the military, judge rules
« Reply #6 on: August 22, 2024, 04:42:08 pm »
Now you can worry about bloodborne pathogens taking you out,not just bombs and bullets.

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