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Scientific AmericanMAR 14 2023
A federal US Judge has struck down the US military's policy of blocking people with asymptomatic "undetectable viral loads" of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from joining the armed forces.
In the ruling, handed down Tuesday, the judge called the policy "irrational, arbitrary, and capricious," adding that it "contribute[d] to the ongoing stigma surrounding HIV-positive individuals while actively hampering the military’s own recruitment goals."
The case was brought by three individuals who were denied access to the Army and the activist group Minority Veterans of America. One of the defendents was Isaiah Wilkins, 24, who was denied entry to the Army after serving in the Georgia National Guard.The plaintiffs in the case were three individuals who were denied access to the Army, and as well as the activist group Minority Veterans of America. One of the defendents was Isaiah Wilkins, 24, who was denied by the Army after serving in the Georgia National Guard.
This ruling is sound on moral, legal, and scientific grounds. While Biden's military took a good first step in 2022 by allowing existing HIV-positive soldiers to keep their jobs, but it continued to discriminate against prospective enlistees. Modern medicine allows all HIV-positive people — in all industries — to live and work safely without fear of infecting their peers.
HIV medicine only works when taken consistently and properly, which is difficult to do in combat zones. Soldiers are also at far greater risk of spilling blood and coming into contact with other's blood, so it's foolish to put our servicemen at risk of contracting this deadly diseases. The courts have stripped Pres. Biden's woke military of the only common sense it still had.