Posted on 02/18/2021 11:09:16 AM PST by PROCON
More than two-thirds of U.S. service members offered the COVID-19 vaccine have opted to receive it -- but the high rate of troops turning it down has lawmakers voicing grave concerns.
Speaking before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday, Defense officials, including Air Force Maj. Gens. Jeff Taliaferro, vice director for operations on the Joint Chiefs, and Steven Nordhaus, director of operations with the National Guard Bureau, said the vaccine acceptance rate for troops is, on average, between 66% and 70%.
Taliaferro added that the rate "varies by different groups," but vaccine refusal has not affected deployability because the military has adapted to working in a pandemic environment.
"The services and the combatant commands have worked very hard over the last year to make sure we can operate in a COVID environment well before the vaccines were available," he said during testimony. "The addition of the vaccine should make us more capable."
According to Taliaferro, the Defense Department has distributed 506,000 shots, including 147,000 second doses to service members.
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“You are a weakling.”
It is unAmerican to think someone wasn’t ever in the military therefore you can call them a weakling. In fact, it is downright disrespectful of any military service member to say that of those they serve. I highly doubt you have ever served with your obvious immaturity to call Americans names.
“You don’t have the discipline to ignore me.”
FR Moderators do.
It is unAmerican to think someone wasn’t ever in the military therefore you can call them a weakling
You should go back and read before knockin me off.
I said Jim was a weakling because he claimed to have me on his no fly list and was going to ignore me.
He couldn't ignore me and went on to tattle. Like a weakling.
The entire thread shows that this could have all been avoided if he just answered the initial question. Or, at the very least, not set up a bunch of straw men to kick over.
I'm surprised that he was able to get someone to support his poor behavior.
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