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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAbout one-third of U.S. troops who have been offered a Covid vaccine have declined the inoculation,
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Malcolm Nance
@MalcolmNance
... for now.
Mike Walker
@New_Narrative
About one-third of U.S. troops who have been offered a Covid vaccine have declined the inoculation, initial Pentagon data show. The choice still allows personnel to deploy.
onecaliberal
(32,861 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)marble falls
(57,097 posts)Vivienne235729
(3,384 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,114 posts)And can derail a mission.
hlthe2b
(102,283 posts)soothsayer
(38,601 posts)And that once approved it will be mandatory.
Idk, surprised the heck out of me.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)Grins
(7,217 posts)...in the early 70s. A battalion formation for everyone to get the shot. Col. wanted to know why. Every time I got the shot I got sick.
Col. said, OK; but if I got the flu and didnt show up for duty hed hit me with an Article 15.
I never got the flu. Others who got the shot - did! Go figure.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)EndlessWire
(6,536 posts)We stood in long lines and were told not to bother to refuse, because it was mandatory. I got shot with a gun, and it really hurt -- but not for long.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)... and I kept the "shot" logs.
The Bicillin shot was the mama lama. Week five.
EndlessWire
(6,536 posts)I won't tell...
Greybnk48
(10,168 posts)As a matter of fact, since when can a soldier refuse a vaccine? This is bullshit.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)and some people were dying from it. Incidents like that contributed to my decision to GTFO when my enlistment was up.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)ca 1975.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)'75 was a bad year for old Jerry.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)How does that look on a Commanders Unit Readiness status?
Shot records used to be maintained in the readiness files and before deployment you got your shots as needed. What the Eff is happening?
Dan
(3,564 posts)Choice was not an issue.
louis-t
(23,295 posts)I know several soldiers who spoke about having to get vaccines before being deployed and all of their fellow soldiers who objected and found ways to get around it somehow.
Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)Only if the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully licensed the COVID-19 vaccine would the Defense Department consider making it mandatory, then-Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said at the time.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/pentagon-troops-refuse-covid-vaccine/
Siwsan
(26,263 posts)I got a LOT of vaccinations. A WHOLE lot.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)Siwsan
(26,263 posts)Apparently some of those virulent mosquitoes must have a habit of riding the jet stream all the way to the North Atlantic.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)maxrandb
(15,330 posts)Same with the Hep vaccine.
Funny military story.
We were required to have an annual HIV Test. I was on a Ship and one of my Shipmates and I went down to medical to get it done. There were two lines. One was kind of long with about 15 people waiting. The other line had two or three.
I saw my LPO in the long line and figured I'd hang with him for a bit. No hurry to get back on the freezing deck anyway. The guy I came down with got in the other line.
My line was actually moving quicker than the other line.
A few minutes later, my friend came by with what looked like an Ace Bandage wrapped around his arm. He said; " that fucker must have jabbed me 7 times before he found a vein".
As he walked away my LPO "Mace" said; "I should have warned him not to get in "Shakies" line".
marble falls
(57,097 posts)maxrandb
(15,330 posts)They were little green pills that came in small packets. Maybe hydroxychloroquine.
I know that we had to sign a form that said we couldn't donate blood for like 5 years or something crazy like that.
marble falls
(57,097 posts)maxrandb
(15,330 posts)I remember that they said it was some drug that was used to treat malaria.
ismnotwasm
(41,985 posts)Including Anthrax and smallpox.
Yeehah
(4,587 posts)We never had a choice on shots when I was in.
sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)Not many listening.