Posted on 10/11/2021 7:46:03 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Hundreds of thousands of United States servicemembers remain unvaccinated or are only partially vaccinated against the coronavirus, as the deadline to have the shot draws closer.
The vaccination rates vary between military branches, according to data obtained by the Washington Post, with 98 percent of the active duty Navy fully vaccinated.
There are almost 340,000 such personnel, with the two per cent who haven't been jabbed representing close to 7,000 people.
Meanwhile, just 72 percent of the 181,000 active Marine Corps personnel have been vaccinated - meaning close to 51,000 have yet to have the jab.
Both branches have to be fully vaccinated by November 28, under the Defense Department's August mandate.
Figures show that 81 percent of Army members are fully vaccinated. That branch of the military has 485,000 members, with the 19 per cent who remain unvaccinated representing well over 95,000 personnel.
And more than 60,000 people in the Air Force have just three weeks to meet their deadline to be fully vaccinated.
The rate, though, is worse for members of the Army National Guard and Army Reserves - which have until June to meet the vaccination requirement.
Military officials said the rates have varied due to the staggering deadlines, and have expressed hope that the vaccination rates will increase as the deadlines near.
Since the pandemic began, about a quarter million service members have been infected with the virus, and more than 2,000 were killed, with a large outbreak last year aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt that showed how quickly the virus could spread in close quarters.
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I never want to hear or read “the jab” again as long as I live.
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but that is what it is since i’ts not a vaccine...
i call it a drug, shot, jab, anything but vaccine
It’s an injection. A jab is a short, sharp punch to the face or body.
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Going to be a lot of discharges?
They’ll have to turn in their helmets and web-gear, but they will always have their training.
Military officials said the rates have varied due to the staggering deadlines, and have expressed hope that the vaccination rates will increase as the deadlines near.Tough standard they set for themselves there.
And if the resident tries to dishonorably discharge them all a dishonorable discharge will be meaningless to their future employers etc. Well at least to 1/2 of American employers!
The Board for Correction of Military Records will be completely swamped in upgrade requests for the next 30 years.
Hope is not a plan.
Perhaps “white rage”, “white fragility”, or “white unconscious bias” is the reason for vaccine hesitancy? I am certain that more Critical Race Theory training and LGBTQI recruiting can solve this!
Don’t worry Milley is talking to the Tallyband about bringing them onboard as Mercenaries
Chode wrote: “but that is what it is since i’ts not a vaccine...”
Actually, it is a vaccine and fully satisfies the definition of a vaccine: “Vaccine: A preparation that is used to stimulate the body’s immune response against diseases. Vaccines are usually administered through needle injections, but some can be administered by mouth or sprayed into the nose.”
If they live.
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sure, after they changed the definition of vaccine...
They also changed the definition of herd immunity since vaccines no longer provide immunity.
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You sound like a brain dead leftist parroting their propaganda. I found your shirt
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