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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has reportedly now issued an official order which will require all US service members to get the vaccine for Covid-19 as soon as possible.

As Axios reports:

The Pentagon on Wednesday ordered military troops to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as possible, according to a memo from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin obtained by AP.

Why it matters: More than 800,000 active duty military members are unvaccinated, according to AP.

State of play: Although he didn’t set an official deadline for vaccinations in the memo, Austin encouraged service leaders to “impose ambitious timelines for implementation,” per AP.

The big picture: The Pentagon said earlier this month that it would plan to mandate COVID-19 vaccines by Sept. 15 or as soon as the FDA granted full approval.

The memo from Austin comes on days after the FDA finally gave full approval to Pfizer’s version of the vaccine.

 




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    1. We got flu shots every year in the Air force. There were no ‘epidemics’ occurring when we were injected.

      1. There is no real epidemic now either, not like the one in 1918. This is a SCAMdemic political virus and there has to be reasons why they have to force or bribe people to take this bullshit vaccine, like world domination and control for starters.

        1. They need mandates because of reality/science deniers like you. Putting their neighbors and kids at risk. Ask all the people in ICU beds if they’re just faking it to support a SCAM.

          1. If you had half a brain and did some research besides listening to the TV, you would know that the vaccinated are the ones in the hospital. This so-called vaccine was never tested to show that it prevented you from getting it or transmitting anything. This has had a 99%recovery rate and kids have a 99.997 % recovery rate and don’t need a vaccine that is causing side effects. There are effective treatments that the government has suppressed. Why? Follow the money. Yes, people have died and much of it is because of medical malfeasance. Go get your booster so you increase your chances of getting it as they are finding out in Isreal. Then maybe you will believe what is happening. The data shows that at least 45000 people have died within 3 days after receiving the shot. You wouldn’t know science if it bit you in the ass.

          2. Kaiser described Covid as the common flu, and they recorded a phone consultation which prescribed procedures to prevent their members from getting sick. Even if they did get sick, Kaiser recommended standard methods to endure the symptoms.

          3. These people in ICU beds, do you really think they are there because they have COVID-19?
            Use your our thinking/research and do not let CNN massage your brains, please.

        2. I was forced to take the vaccine. Our band performs at retirement homes, and the folks who run those facilities told us we have to be vaccinated in order to enter their buildings. I knew from the very start that this bug was just a flu, and that normal precautions would prevent people from contracting the disease. Only liberals would parlay this bug into a crisis.

  1. I think forcing injections violates their rights. When I was in the Army we didn’t get a choice. They just lined us up and marched us down a hallway. People stood on each side of us with handfuls of needles and we got to them pow. God forbid you lost your shot records or you got them all over again.

  2. The vaccine doesn’t keep you from getting the virus, the CDC says that those that have taken it are the ones spreading this new one around, the serious side effects are just now showing up and they want you to take a booster every six months so how much stock in these drug companies and mask companies do these people own for pushing this on the America military and American’s

  3. This idiot of a Defense Secretary is worried about our troops getting vaccinated while Americans (civilian and military) are being murdered in that dump called Afghanistan! Just all of the democrats he has his priorities backward and must be removed from office immediately!

  4. My thoughts? End your contract with the Military, wait till the real president is back in Office again, report for duty again.
    Problem solved. No vaccination.

  5. Mandating all military and American citizens vaccinate but illegals and refugees either don’t get Vax or have a choice.
    WHAT’S WITH THAT TRAIN OF THOUGHT?

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