Posted on 10/20/2021 7:48:44 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Over 12,000 active-duty Air Force personnel are poised not meet an upcoming deadline to be fully vaccinated against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to newly released data from the military branch.
In a new update on compliance with the Air Force’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate, officials said 3.8 percent of the force remains unvaccinated as of Oct. 18.
That amounts to approximately 12,100 active-duty personnel, down from 13,055 the week prior, according to an Epoch Times analysis of Air Force data.
Fully vaccinated means an airman must get the second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna jab, or the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine, no later than two weeks before the Nov. 2 mandate deadline.
The mandate details were announced by Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on Sept. 3 under the direction of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Since then, the vast majority of the force has gotten at least one shot of a vaccine.
Some 92 percent are fully vaccinated, while another 4.2 percent are partially vaccinated, a term that means they’ve gotten one of the two Moderna or Pfizer doses.
But that leaves over 12,000 unvaccinated and at risk of being discharged for noncompliance with the order if they don’t secure a religious or medical exemption.
Space Force personnel are counted with reserve troops. Approximately 92.8 percent of reserves and Space Force personnel have gotten at least one shot as of Oct. 18.
The Air Force has declined to say whether any exemptions have yet been granted, though a spokeswoman told The Epoch Times via email that they do have the option to apply.
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Stick to your guns like they did at the Alamo.
Viet Nam. This is what led to fragging. 100 cases per Wikipedia.
I have family in this fight, and we ARE fighting.
One of many good sites for the fight:
~Easy
That’s a lot of training dollars to throw away.
Massive numbers of defense contractor employees are about to walk away as well.
The economy is about to take a massive hit and our military readiness and morale is about to suffer. Those that don’t walk away and are not woke are completely demoralized.
Right now we couldn’t fight our way out of a wet paper bag and it is only going to get worse.
This is shaping up to be one of the worst disasters ever foisted on the nation.
I’m one of ‘em. And some of my colleagues have already landed new jobs in the private sector and said “hasta la vista, baby.”
I’m one of ‘em. And some of my colleagues have already landed new jobs in the private sector and said “hasta la vista, baby.”
Ping.
These petty tyrants just don’t understand ... you can’t do anything with a man who will not comply.
I wonder if medical or religious exemptions were granted at all. Is this a trap? They deny your exemption without enough time to get jab. My workplace seems to play that game.
The Pfentagon
Decimating our armed forces. It’s a lefty strategy. They probably had plans to do this and the Covid excuse just helped them out a lot.
In other words, it is going according to the plan.
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Here is a post from another thread that echoes your observation.
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