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2022-12-04 -Great Cultural Revolution

Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, defense chief says

(AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it.

This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying it has hurt the U.S. National Guard’s ability to recruit troops. Those troops are activated by governors to respond to natural disasters or unrest.

Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end the mandate as a requirement to gather enough support to pass this years’ defense budget, which is already two months late.

Austin said he would not comment on pressure from the Hill.

"We lost a million people to this virus," Austin told reporters traveling with him Saturday. "A million people died in the United States of America. We lost hundreds in DOD. So this mandate has kept people healthy."

"I’m the guy" who ordered the military to require the vaccine, Austin added. "I support continuation of vaccinating the troops."

Last year Austin directed that all troops get the vaccine or face potential expulsion from the military; thousands of active duty forces have been discharged since then for their refusal to get the shots.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-04 07:20|| || Front Page|| [17 views ] Top

#1 Looking for Pfizer or Merck Board positions post-retirement?

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-04 07:25|| 2022-12-04 07:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Lloyd doesn't read much or follow the news. The pay and chow are 'great' however.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-04 07:26|| 2022-12-04 07:26|| Front Page Top

#3 A vaccine that isn't, for a deadly disease that isn't, with unknown and unreported risks, right Lloyd?

Hundreds of millions of doses administered, over 100 million cases reported in the US, still no 'herd immunity', and no federal report on the safety and efficacy of the vaccines.

Lloyd, you give stupid a bad name.

Posted by Bobby 2022-12-04 08:40|| 2022-12-04 08:40|| Front Page Top

#4 A million people died in the United States of America.

As the CDC finally acknowledged, 'with' not necessarily 'of'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-12-04 09:05|| 2022-12-04 09:05|| Front Page Top

#5 No one wants to hear this, but I'll put it out there. If you expected to get really sick and maybe die from COVID, you did most of the heavy lifting.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-04 09:11|| 2022-12-04 09:11|| Front Page Top

#6 We are now beginning to see that anyone in a position of authority during the pandemic, who mandated vax and impacted lives through punitive consequences, cannot now change positions. The massive lawsuit liability they all face is personally compounded if they reverse course. True meaning to "hoist on their own petard".

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-12-04 11:53|| 2022-12-04 11:53|| Front Page Top

#7 I’ve noticed Grom has been particularly silent of late.

Posted by Lowspark 2022-12-04 15:46|| 2022-12-04 15:46|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Who?

Posted by Frank G 2022-12-04 17:11|| 2022-12-04 17:11|| Front Page Top

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