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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(106,789 posts)
Fri Jul 30, 2021, 07:23 PM Jul 2021

Pentagon won't require vaccine for troop deployments, but other details unclear

Source: Politico

The Pentagon will not require troops heading out on deployment to get vaccinated against Covid-19, but those who are unvaccinated will still need to wear a mask, undergo regular testing and face to-be-determined travel restrictions, a defense official told POLITICO Friday.

“We are already deploying with unvaccinated personnel, and that will continue,” said the official, who like others, spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans.

The details come a day after President Joe Biden issued a directive requiring federal employees to get the vaccine or submit to regular testing. The mandate will apply to 1.4 million active-duty troops and more than 700,000 civilian personnel.

After Biden spoke, the Pentagon on Thursday night released a statement adding that those “who are unable or unwilling” to prove their vaccination status will be “subject to official travel restrictions,” raising questions as to whether it the rule affected deployments. The defense official said that while deployments will continue, the exact details of the unspecified travel restrictions will be addressed in the coming days.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pentagon-wont-require-vaccine-for-troop-deployments-but-other-details-unclear/ar-AAMLtX7?ocid=DELLDHP&li=BBnb7Kz

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Pentagon won't require vaccine for troop deployments, but other details unclear (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 OP
Weird - never asked me if I wanted a shot in the Army - just gave it to me. walkingman Jul 2021 #1
yup Skittles Jul 2021 #2
The Covid vaccine is Emergency Use Authorization. former9thward Jul 2021 #9
I guess not - never thought about that. Good point. walkingman Jul 2021 #11
Think that's the hold up Deminpenn Jul 2021 #13
Likewise Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2021 #10
This is stupid. Sounds like more politics... FlyingPiggy Jul 2021 #3
Sounds very passive-aggressive to me pacheen Jul 2021 #4
You would think it would be an issue of troop readiness drray23 Jul 2021 #5
A shipload of sailors. a plane load of parachutists, etc getting sick, burrowowl Jul 2021 #6
The brain rot reaches high up into the leadership Blues Heron Jul 2021 #7
This is not just on the military. former9thward Jul 2021 #12
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2021 #8
I can't believe the Pentagon is pandering to anti-vaxxers Aristus Jul 2021 #14

drray23

(7,578 posts)
5. You would think it would be an issue of troop readiness
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 01:50 AM
Jul 2021

and hence require them to be vaccinated. You can not fight if you are out on your butt struggling to breathe.

burrowowl

(17,593 posts)
6. A shipload of sailors. a plane load of parachutists, etc getting sick,
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 03:44 AM
Jul 2021

really makes for readiness and efficiency!

Blues Heron

(5,880 posts)
7. The brain rot reaches high up into the leadership
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:52 AM
Jul 2021

Like mental termite damage, it undermines our readiness by causing poor decisions such as this.

former9thward

(31,684 posts)
12. This is not just on the military.
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:11 PM
Jul 2021

The law gives President Biden the power to waive the troops right to refuse Emergency Use Authorization vaccines. He has said he will not do that.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Aristus

(65,985 posts)
14. I can't believe the Pentagon is pandering to anti-vaxxers
Sat Jul 31, 2021, 08:39 PM
Jul 2021

on an issue inextricably tied to force readiness.

The policy should be: “Get vaccinated or be dropped from service on a general, medical, or other-than-honorable discharge.”

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