Navy official: Ebola isolation is 'pretty much vacation' for military

Navy official: Ebola isolation is 'pretty much vacation' for military
(Image credit: AP Photo/U.S. Air Force, Staff Sgt. Natasha Stannard)

File this one under unexpected comparisons.

"All I can say about this camp, Langley, it's pretty much vacation," Navy Chief Petty Officer Jason Knifley said of the air force base in Virginia where many service members are on Ebola quarantine. "It's Wi-Fi everywhere, flat screens everywhere, big gym to either lift or run. There's an asphalt road kind of running around the perimeter that you can work out on. This isn't bad at all."

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Meghan DeMaria

Meghan DeMaria is a staff writer at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked for USA Today and Marie Claire.