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Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military (www.independent.co.uk)
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American service members will no longer be required to get a yearly flu shot under a new Defense Department policy described by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as an effort to “restore freedom and strength to our joint force.”

In a video posted on X, the Pentagon boss cited the Biden administration's Covid-19 policies as the impetus for ditching the unrelated but mandatory influenza inoculation, accusing his predecessors of having “waged an unrelenting war on our warriors on many fronts, including when it came to denying them simple medical autonomy and the freedom to express their religious convictions.”

Calling the Covid-19 vaccine mandate part of an “era of betrayal” that was now “over,” Hegseth said the Pentagon was discarding “absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war fighting capabilities,” such as “the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.”

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[MAGAtwats] Pete Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military (www.independent.co.uk)
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https://redlib.catsarch.com/r/stupidpol/comments/1srvp3u/pete_hegseth_cancels_absurd_flu_vaccine/

really living up to the flair with this one.

i thought the anti vaccine shit was mainly about covid and the major disease ones… the fucking flu one too?!

these people need pool floaties so they don’t drown while eating soup.

How are you guys enjoying the American century of humiliation?

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American service members will no longer be required to get a yearly flu shot under a new Defense Department policy described by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as an effort to “restore freedom and strength to our joint force.”

Calling the Covid-19 vaccine mandate part of an “era of betrayal” that was now “over,” Hegseth said the Pentagon was discarding “absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war fighting capabilities,” such as “the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.”

What stage of imperial decline is this?

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Pete Hegseth cancels ‘absurd’ flu vaccine requirement for ‘brave warriors’ in military (www.independent.co.uk)
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American service members will no longer be required to get a yearly flu shot under a new Defense Department policy described by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as an effort to “restore freedom and strength to our joint force.”

Calling the Covid-19 vaccine mandate part of an “era of betrayal” that was now “over,” Hegseth said the Pentagon was discarding “absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war fighting capabilities,” such as “the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.”

What stage of imperial decline is this?