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(1,684 posts) Fri Apr 30, 2021, 07:14 AM Apr 2021

Biden Hasn't Decided on Requiring U.S. Military Members to Get COVID-19 Vaccine -NBC Interview [View all]

Source: Reuters

President Joe Biden said he has not decided whether all U.S. armed servicemen and women should be required to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to an NBC interview airing on Friday.

Biden said it would be a "tough call" and added that one consideration was that military personnel were often in close proximity to one another.

Read more: https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2021-04-30/biden-hasnt-decided-on-requiring-us-military-members-to-get-covid-19-vaccine-nbc-interview

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Biden Hasn't Decided on Requiring U.S. Military Members to Get COVID-19 Vaccine -NBC Interview [View all] discocrisco01 Apr 2021 OP

Please, Commander-In-Chief, make it mandatory. While you're at it, insist OSHA mandate masks... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #1

What is it that you want OSHA to do? NT mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2021 #32

Sorry, not enough coffee. OSHA needs to mandate mask wearing till things are... FailureToCommunicate Apr 2021 #36

Writing regulations takes time. What OSHA can do quickly is to issue guidance. mahatmakanejeeves May 2021 #41

No brainer more likely Blues Heron Apr 2021 #2

Aren't there other mandatory vaccines for the troops? C_U_L8R Apr 2021 #3

Sounds like it's not universally mandatory IronLionZion Apr 2021 #12

Not a hard Rebl2 Apr 2021 #13

Yup yhe hubby was saying the same -why isnt it mandatory for military onetexan Apr 2021 #38

There are many... FBaggins Apr 2021 #16

Can it affect unit readiness? keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #4

The could vax in stages, not everyone at the same time. ananda Apr 2021 #15

Yeah! I see your point.. keithbvadu2 Apr 2021 #31

It's a tough political call, not a tough military call Ramsey Barner Apr 2021 #5

+1 ancianita Apr 2021 #21

+2 pandr32 Apr 2021 #29

Easy call, not tough. Military has to maintain a level of readiness. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2021 #6

I would like to see the rate of infection currently.....without mandate. FarPoint Apr 2021 #7

I had the impression that the only reason the vaccine wasn't ALREADY 70sEraVet Apr 2021 #8

I've read full approval in June. kirkuchiyo Apr 2021 #10

You're Correct COL Mustard Apr 2021 #22

PS Even Though I'm Retired, I Got Mine COL Mustard Apr 2021 #23

making it mandatory would help flush out the kooks. mopinko Apr 2021 #9

+1 orangecrush Apr 2021 #25

I believe it's voluntary at West Point right now, but without proof that you've had the vaccine, rainin Apr 2021 #11

It is the commander in chief's responsibility to insure the safety of the troops. JohnSJ Apr 2021 #14

It would be wrong to mandate any vaccine without FDA approval. marie999 Apr 2021 #17

I thought they were all long since vaccinated Bayard Apr 2021 #18

They're generally younger and healthier than the average citizen FBaggins Apr 2021 #20

Still, Elessar Zappa Apr 2021 #26

When I was in boot camp... hot2na Apr 2021 #19

I was in the navy for five years Ray Bruns Apr 2021 #30

Because the law changed after so many getting sick from anthrax vax womanofthehills Apr 2021 #33

GET IT OR GTFO orangecrush Apr 2021 #24

They are so young and healthy and it such close contact womanofthehills Apr 2021 #35

ORDER IT NOW! RobertDevereaux Apr 2021 #27

Why order it - the young don't even get that sick womanofthehills Apr 2021 #34

issues are new tech and still only emergency use authorized IbogaProject Apr 2021 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Apr 2021 #37

Did you have a choice? marie999 Apr 2021 #39

This message was self-deleted by its author orangecrush Apr 2021 #40