Fear based policy, with no science to back it up, is generally the best kind of policy.
Gyms on base are still open. AFAIK, they’re still holding chapel services and giving holy communion. No major disinfectant kick in any of the spaces, still the same old dirty communal keyboards and coffee. The planes’ controls sure as shit aren’t getting cleaned any more often than they were before.
The AD guys are just as likely to get it from Seville quarter or the Pelican as they are from some dirty reservist.
You’re right. It’s not an AD vs RC issue.
Half measures are silly. Turn off production, give it a month, deep clean everything in the interim, and get back at it when there’s a little more science and a little less fear. I played softball for three weeks a couple years ago instead of flying and a bunch of contractors got a vacation because some old people in washington couldn’t get their shit together and pass a budget. We survived that break in production. We can survive this one.
This is an actual issue that could affect readiness, but nothing we’ve done so far looks like enough of a measure to actually stop or slow this thing.
