WEST POINT: Biden locks up military personnel that refuse covid vaccine
EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s Military Puts West Point Cadets in Solitary Confinement If They Refuse COVID Vaccine
"They're being treated like criminals,"
a whistleblower told National File under condition of anonymity.
BY JACK HADFIELD
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
Military cadets at West Point Academy who refuse to take one of the controversial COVID vaccines are being put in solitary confinement, with more stringent restrictions than those who tested positive for the virus.
At West Point Military Academy, a number of cadets are currently rebelling against the push from the Biden administration and military higher-ups to take one of the controversial COVID-19 vaccines. 700 cadets who initially refused the vaccine were brought together into a meeting room and were briefed as to the benefits of the vaccine. The number of cadets has now dwindled significantly after allegations of daily pressure by “senior officials” at the school, and rumors of reductions of leave. Some cadets relented and received the vaccine, while many left West Point due to the pressure.
Those who still refuse to take the vaccine are forced to wear masks everywhere, marking them out from everybody else who is vaccinated. A number of parents of those holdouts have now organized legal counsel on behalf of their children, with CDMedia reporting that they are “banding together to fight this perceived criminal behavior by those in power over their children.
An anonymous whistleblower, whose identity National File is protecting, gave a breakdown of the current restrictions that West Point cadets who refuse to take the COVID vaccine have to face. For those cadets returning for summer programs, they will have their two-week leave shortened to one, as they have to spend 7 days in a quarantine that amounts to serious solitary confinement. The cadets are locked up for 23 hours each day in one room and are only allowed out for one hour to walk or run outside.
Crucially, these cadets are not tested for COVID-19 before they are put into self-isolation. In fact, they are only tested at the end of the period. If they test negative, they will be released to their training programs. In a letter sent to the cadets deemed “high risk,” there was no detail as to what would happen if the cadet tested positive instead, in terms of whether they would be forced to endure another week or more of the solitary confinement. National File contacted West Point for details on this program via phone and email but did not receive a response by the time of publication.
The new regime could not accurately be described as self-isolation or quarantine, as such programs already existed at West Point for cadets returning after the summer and Christmas breaks this academic year who tested positive. For those cadets, before the vaccination program kicked into high gear, they would be restricted at some points, but could also work out in the outside gyms, and leave their accommodation to go and order food, albeit being ordered to stay away from cadets who were not infected. These luxuries are not afforded to the cadets who refuse to take the vaccine, even though they may not have the virus.
West Point allegedly plans to round up all the cadets who are refusing the vaccine and transfer them into all one company or platoon based on how many there are. At the time of writing, around 50 cadets have not backed down. The whistleblower said this would likely be better for them, as they would not be around other troops who derogatorily shout at them, calling them “anti-vaxxers,” and instead would be with those who stand with them.
“They’re being treated like criminals,” the whistleblower added. “They’re trying to protect other people’s rights and their rights are being compromised.”
National File reported last year on two successive suicides from the Colorado Springs Air Force, with students expressing to the academy that the deaths may have been linked to depression springing from the then extremely strict social distancing policies and punishments for violating the six-foot distance protocols. Following the deaths, looser restrictions were enacted.
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Unvaccinated Cadets at West Point Forced to Live in Tent for Summer Training
Parents of cadets at the U.S. Military Academy report leadership is forcing 37 unvaccinated cadets to live in a single tent for Cadet Field Training during the months of June and July.
BY PAM LONG: Pam Long is a graduate of USMA at West Point and is an Army Veteran of the Medical Service Corps.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:
Parents of Army cadets at the U.S. Military Academy (USMA) report the academy’s leadership is forcing 37 unvaccinated cadets to live in a tent designed for 20 people during the academy’s June and July Cadet Field Training program.
Cadet Field Training is a summer training requirement in which selected Firsties (seniors) and Cows (juniors) lead Yearlings (sophomores) in small-unit tactical operations.
Vaccinated cadets will live in open-bay barracks by platoons, with a small separate section for female cadets. The barracks have electricity for fans during the hot summer months in New York, and separate male and female latrines and showers.
Unvaccinated cadets now live in a mixed-rank coed tent.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prohibits any entity or employer from mandating an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) product, which includes all COVID vaccines being administered in the U.S. The law applies to the military unless it is granted a presidential waiver.
In the case of COVID mRNA vaccines, the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Inspector General newsletter has publicly upheld this longstanding FDA policy — which means West Point is violating federal law by enacting a de facto mandate.
West Point leadership has a duty to uphold federal law. Furthermore, the Nuremberg Code enumerated in detail that medical interventions cannot be coerced and that doctors must offer treatment alternatives, with established safety and efficacy, to any experimental drug.
Military vaccine exemption policy accepts proof of natural immunity from prior infection in lieu of vaccination. Overall, only 139 of 4,000 cadets in the corps have not been vaccinated, according to documents obtained by Military Freedom Keepers. And herd immunity has been achieved at 97%, far exceeding the recommended >60% naturally acquired immunity in populations to protect the elderly and infants.
West Point’s departure from science-based health policy raises questions about ethics. Will healthy unvaccinated cadets live in tents in the winter? Will officers and enlisted personnel also be removed from housing to live in tents — or does this discriminatory segregation policy apply only to cadets?
According to the latest policy, unvaccinated cadets must also wear masks, which could undermine cohesion in the ranks. It would be illegal to require service members with other infectious diseases to add an additional item to their uniforms that would single them out on the basis of a medical issue.
One officer at West Point, who did not want to be named, described how he was aggressively counseled on his supervisor’s intent to be merciless about reprimanding any mask-wearing violations.
The unvaccinated officer also must keep his office door closed, despite everyone else in his department being vaccinated. And he was required to physically enter the vaccination site on post and sign a DOD refusal form.
The officer told us a list of names of all the unvaccinated at West Point — cadets and staff — was leaked to the public.
A more rational policy approach to achieving herd immunity should include antibody testing or T-cell testing. The military immunization exemption guidance includes administrative, religious and medical exemptions. Permanent exemptions clearly indicate a serologic antibody test is evidence of existing immunity for vaccine exemption, and in this situation, blood tests should be offered to every cadet along with vaccine contraindication screening:
“Permanent Exemptions may be granted indefinitely based on one of the following: HIV infection, prolonged or permanent immune suppression; Determination by a medical provider that further vaccination will seriously endanger patient’s health; Medical, Reactive exemption: Previously severe reaction after specific vaccine (e.g., anaphylaxis); Medical, Immune exemption: Evidence of existing immunity (e.g., by serologic antibody test, documentation of previous infection or natural infection presumed).”
Despite this official guidance, a cadet who did not want to be named told us Col. Laura Dawson, a West Point medical officer, has scolded unvaccinated cadets and referred to them as “grandma killers” and “science deniers” — instead of providing them with informed consent and accepting their right to refuse an experimental drug.
Another officer at West Point, who also did not want to be named, provided two reports accusing Dawson of conduct unbecoming an officer, both involving Class of 2021 cadets who waited until after May graduation to initiate Inspector General (IG) complaints.
In one pending complaint against Dawson, a male cadet with a painful hernia alleged Dawson refused him medical treatment because he was unvaccinated, leading him to comply and receive the vaccine. The alleged threat to withhold medical treatment occurred despite the fact that other cadets who tested positive for COVID received surgeries.
An unvaccinated female cadet, who had a severe case of COVID resulting in her personal long-term physician recommending against the vaccine due to a possible heart contraindication, alleged Dawson threatened to recommend she not be allowed to graduate because she was “medically weak.” The cadet, who was three days from graduation, refused the vaccine after seeking additional counsel on her rights.
The Inspector General needs to investigate these allegations by recent graduates, including complaints filed by parents of active cadets who are reluctant to file complaints for fear of retaliation.
Parents (who asked not to be named) of a cadet in the segregation tent said it “goes against the honor of cadets” for West Point leadership to allow Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA) privacy violations, to mark unvaccinated people with a mask, “to separate and single out,” to promote a climate of intimidation and humiliation, and to affirm the experimental drug is voluntary and push the only choice is to accept it.
Some parents said they are concerned about Dawson’s agenda after reports she allegedly told unvaccinated cadets she “can’t wait to jam it into their arms.” These are adults who are qualified to make their own medical decisions, and who are now medical refugees held hostage to the ideology of a West Point medical officer.
West Point leadership needs to immediately conduct a risk assessment on this segregation policy for cadets, including the impact on morale and mental health.
COVID mRNA drugs have serious adverse risks, as documented in the government-run Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System, which are being omitted from informed consent discussions between providers and patients. Military medical personnel also are administering the vaccines without assessing individual contraindications.
Medicine is not one-size-fits-all. The medical community has no data on long-term effects of the COVID mRNA drugs in humans. Have either West Point or the U.S. Army prepared a contingency plan for a potentially fatal antibody-dependent enhancement epidemic caused by a vaccine designed for a virus with a 99.9% survival rate among young, healthy, fit people?
Military families are reporting rampant coercive measures being used to encourage vaccine uptake for a voluntary EUA vaccine. In this current climate, vaccine refusal can adversely affect deployment status, leave and promotions.
The U.S. military reports 25-53% vaccine uptake across all branches. West Point is using these low rates as an excuse to take coercive measures in order to reach a 97% vaccination rate in cadets.
Members of the public can demand an investigation, oversight and accountability by sending their concerns to the West Point Inspector General, and to their U.S. Representatives and Senators.
Here are the people to contact at West Point:
- Superintendent Lt. Gen. Darryl Williams: darryl.a.williams4.mil@mail.mil
- Commandant Brig. Gen. Mark Quander: mark.c.quander.mil@mail.mil
- Col. Laura Dawson: laura.dawson5.mil@mail.mil
- West Point Inspector General investigations: https://www.westpoint.edu/about/west-point-staff/inspector-general/directory
West Point’s public affairs office was contacted for comment on this article, but did not respond.