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sarcasmo

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Reply to soothsayer (Original post)

Wed Feb 17, 2021, 06:54 PM

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About one-third of U.S. troops who have been offered a Covid vaccine have declined the inoculation, [View all] soothsayer Feb 2021 OP

It will be helpful in knowing who they need to boot from the military. onecaliberal Feb 2021 #1

This (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #7

It'd be a good way to narrow the search for RW/seditionists. marble falls Feb 2021 #8

that is a darn good point! It's not like the military hasn't made vaccinations mandatory in the past Vivienne235729 Feb 2021 #26

Non vaccinated troops are a threat to others out in the field. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #2

So it is optional? That's nuts, given they made anthrax vaccine mandatory, why not COVID-19? hlthe2b Feb 2021 #3

Someone said because it's EUA (emergency use auth) at the moment soothsayer Feb 2021 #5

When I was in, there was no optioning out of any shots ever. marble falls Feb 2021 #4

I refused a flu shot... Grins Feb 2021 #16

We got no discussion. We just got in line. marble falls Feb 2021 #19

That was my experience as well. EndlessWire Feb 2021 #20

I was company clerk. The rumor is I may have missed a couple shots because the lines were long ... marble falls Feb 2021 #21

Heh heh heh... EndlessWire Feb 2021 #29

What! Unvaccinated soldiers should not be permitted to leave the U.S. Greybnk48 Feb 2021 #6

I like the whole 'let them identify themselves' angle (nt) mr_lebowski Feb 2021 #9

I received a mandatory swine flu vaccination when I was on active duty Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #10

During Ford's term? marble falls Feb 2021 #22

Yep Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #30

I got off active duty just before that. Ford got hammered for that fiasco right after the Mayaguez. marble falls Feb 2021 #34

Can troops decline inoculations now? WTF? Baked Potato Feb 2021 #11

Back in the day the only rights you had, was no rights. Dan Feb 2021 #12

This is not unusual in the military. louis-t Feb 2021 #13

The rest of the story: Baked Potato Feb 2021 #14

That wasn't even an option when I served Siwsan Feb 2021 #15

Shots for jungle diseases. And I was a submariner. marble falls Feb 2021 #23

I was heading to Iceland and I had to get a Yellow Fever vaccination Siwsan Feb 2021 #24

All the way and in fur coats. Sly little devils were't they? marble falls Feb 2021 #28

The Malaria pills used to make me ill, but we had to take them maxrandb Feb 2021 #31

Hydroxychloroquine or cloroquine? marble falls Feb 2021 #32

I'm not sure maxrandb Feb 2021 #35

Same stuff Donnie was quacking for Covid. marble falls Feb 2021 #36

That's right. maxrandb Feb 2021 #37

Why? My daughter before she deployed got everything ismnotwasm Feb 2021 #17

Say what?? Yeehah Feb 2021 #18

Exactly, they would have told/reminded us we had no choice. Army 5/3 rd group here. sarcasmo Feb 2021 #27

Self Delete sarcasmo Feb 2021 #25

Been trying to tell people here this- insufficient pro-vaccine messaging- is a problem. coti Feb 2021 #33