"If you believe, as I did, that the right thing for you ... I hope that you'll consider accepting it when it's offered to you," Austin said. In the statement, Austin encouraged anyone who worries about the safety of the vaccine to visit the CDC and Defense Department websites for more information."You'll see that they are safe and they are effective.
"The Secretary wants everyone to make the best, most informed decision they can about the vaccines. Just like he did. He also recognizes that there are many reasons why an individual may not get vaccinated. Sometimes, it isn't a matter of choice but of necessity," Kirby said. The military collects demographic data on service members who receive the vaccine, Kirby said, but there is no such data on service members who opt not to receive it.
Malaria, yellow fever shots are required to travel to certain countries. Military personnel should be required to take the vaccine to serve.
Since when were vaccinations optional in the Military. When I was in the Navy we had NO CHOICE. If they said we needed a shot we said “Yes Sir” and got in line.
They must be ordered to for the mere fact of battlefield readiness or they should be discharged.
Opting out by those in the service should bring their devotion to the USA into question. If they are more willing to follow a demagogue instead of science and reason, and the national interest. Political stands in health matters show a failure of reasoning
Enough with the options. Mandatory shots as well as, if found to be a supremacist, all benefits stripped. What’s is going on with the military?
Darwinism.
How about they offer positions to veterans such as Secretary of Veteran Affairs. Why hasn’t a veteran been placed in this position? Imj
They could literally die in a training accident or in a war-zone any day but they won’t get a fucking vaccine lmao
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I do believe that militaryservicemembers should NOT be able to opt-out — as well as incorporated in the verbiage of their contract at time of signing COVID19 COVID19Vaccine AmericaFirst🇺🇸military Covid19VaccineReport
Lol
Why shouldn't Military policy mandate all vaccinated but provide process for exemption.
Can you make sure those get vaccines they not get ill by coronavirus
Anything on Cuomo?
'Life won't return to normal just because you got the vaccine, maybe even for years' also 'Wait, why isn't anyone getting the vaccine?'
SecDef should start with turning the FOX news channel off of base's tv so soldiers can begin to deprogram from their bull shit.
IAmSophiaNelson No one in the military is old or sick. None of them should be getting vaccines for months!!
Surprise it was optional. I got ordered to take Antharax etc during my time in service. Military sure has changed since I served.
So Brave 😳🇺🇸
Well something wrong somewhere in the issue of vaccine safety. So please address that
1/3 military service members are not getting the covid vaccine because they don't want it. STOP PLAYING FOX NEWS AT MIKITARY BASES AND THE VA.
🤪😜🥴🤪🤪
A lot of the insurrectionist were retired military. So 1/3 of our current military saying no to the vaccine isn’t surprising
He can make it available for everybody retired and otherwise – but the problem is a third of your military service members don’t trust you ,can’t speak up. It’s against the regulations. -mc2
This is shocking that 1/3 military opting out of vaccine. Tell them the story of POLIO and other vaccines which were never ever political.
Make it mandatory or you are discharged
Yeah, the military almost literally owns its employees. SecDef would be wise to order it, and dishonorably discharge anyone who has no rational medical reason not to be vaccinated but still refuses.
If, they refuse the vaccine and then become ill with COVID-19 they should be charged for a “self inflicted” wound to avoid duty.
It's discouraging and frustrating that service members are unwilling to get vaccinated. If anything, they are even more susceptible to COVID because of their travels and missions
When I entered military, the shots were mandatory. What changed?
Based
Good!
mandate
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That one third must be part of Trump's cult. This is exactly what his followers do for the most part. They don't believe in their small minds that they will get the virus at all so why get the shots.
We don’t always send our brightest
they can opt out of the military as well
They're in the military -- just order them to get the shot or else.
What does “urging” mean?
Make it mandatory or dishonorable discharge
This is BS. It’s not upto the service members. This should be an absolute requirement.
When I was in the Air Force we didn't have the option to opt out of vaccinations. I guess my generation was replaced by some weak ass cowards.
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When I was in the army, I never had the option to opt out of any vaccinations...and I had to get them all twice as some joker in the medics 'misplaced' my shot records.
No guts, no glory.
Covid Vaccine
If public schools can require that all kids be vaccinated before they can attend, why can’t the US Military require vaccinations in order to serve?
Since when did the Military give the option to GI's whether or not they wanted to be innoculated?! Covid could spread through a whole platoon. How is that military-ready?
Urge or Order? Don't remember it being a choice, as it effects unit readiness.
Sadly, too many in the military suffer from misinformation and conspiracy theory. Communities tend to be insular and isolated.
If a third of the military opted out then they opted out. Stop pressuring people to take these vaccines. All Pfizer and everyone else cares about is the profit and their share holders. If they go wrong, will the U.S government pay people’s medical bills. Off course not.
HiraethResists There is the list right in front of you, those who are insurrectionists and those who are terrorists These are the 1/3 who have limited brain capacity to solve simple brain puzzles...who are most likely to be radicalized. Per guardian
It shouldn’t be a matter of choice. This virus could limit the efficiency of any unit to function in time of war. These vaccinations like Yellow Fever and Cholera for all soldiers must be compulsory from a 4 star General to lowly Private Charlie Brown.
How about, “it ain’t negotiable. You’re getting the shot now.”Isn’t this a national security issue?
Withhold all promotions until they opt in. Permanent bad mark on service record
Don’t get the vaccine. Nothing good comes from getting it.
It should be mandatory.
Nuremberg Trials
How about you leave?
People opt out because they don’t believe any of it. Some believe it’s our religion destroying us. If you’re a philosopher COVID and OPOID, same fake thing. People = the ID.
Shouldn’t be a choice for the military! You must be ready for deployment world-wide. In the 82nd we received countless number of vaccines that were mandatory. What is this new opt-out culture anyway?
Been trying for weeks, maybe if you made it more readily available...
I’m sorry but this is the military. Order them to get the shots. Since when has it become an option to get a vaccination in the Armed Forces.
When I was on active duty I had no choice. You got the shots, period! What the hell has changed?
Make it compulsory. Easy fixed.
he can't just tell them they will? does the military not work the way it's supposed to any more?
Are they hoarding the rejected doses? Get them out into the population to willing people, then work on deniers later.
Why is it optional? Make it mandatory! Wonder if the 1/3 coincides with how many Looney Toon Q's have infiltrated the military🤔
Do members of the military get to pick and choose their vaccines? Serious question
Since when were vaccinations in the military voluntary? It affects the readiness of the force… so just order them to get it.
Missions are being interrupted and reworked to accommodate for positive military members. It is a pain!!!! Entire groups have become positive ( riot at Capitol) Servicemembers have an individual responsibility to avoid becoming the reason a mission gets impacted due to CV19.
Why does CNN not report on Andrew Cuomo if this was a Republican Governor they’d be hanging them out to dry, very very biased
opt-OUT!?!? You can do that now!?!? WTF,O!?
He could order them to get vaccinated or they could face medical discharge if they don't.
Same opposition when they rolled out anthrax vaccination when I was in.
The Military has been Trumpetized. So sad.
HiraethResists This should be required. Anyone who refuses can be allowed out of their enlistment contract.
I’m a vet and I remember getting all kinds of shots and didn’t have a choice😎
How can you refuse in the military?
There is a rumor going around that the vaccine might cause sterility in men. That is a big reason the guys in the military are hesitant
I recall getting a lot of shots while in the military, this is no different. If you can get in trouble for sunburn, our anything that impairs your ability to perform your assigned duties, there is a ucmj article for that....
They should make mandatory they are government equipment. Rash but true, when we deployed to foreign countries we had to get certain vaccines, no different.
As a note as someone just vaccinated this thing can knock your socks off. People need days off for each dose. Remember that!
He should also urge yhem to stop sexually assaulting their colleagues!!
Serving a country so that one may opt out of what might happen to the epitome of ones personhood: their own body. Good for them.
The one third are Trump supporters
It’s an order.
33%. Good way to out Trump cultists from the military.
Opt-out and Military don't typically go together in the same paragraph
Tells a story about attitudes in 1/3 of military ?
Make it mandatory for all branches of the military if they don't like it then they can leave.
We're doomed lol
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