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2. I couldn't decline an inoculation in the Navy.

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Fri Mar 5, 2021, 10:34 AM

Mar 2021

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Fauci: Military personnel opting out of vaccine are 'part of the problem' [View all] DonViejo Mar 2021 OP

They are government property. Order them. underpants Mar 2021 #1

I knew about sunburns but not snowball fights. Phoenix61 Mar 2021 #4

Snowball fights are a no-no underpants Mar 2021 #17

I read an article that they can't order vaccines mandatory until FDA approval jimfields33 Mar 2021 #7

That's what Rebl2 Mar 2021 #20

When I served in the Army, we followed orders, no one complained we knew it was for our own good. KS Toronado Mar 2021 #49

Some military objected to the anthrax shots - (Doe v Rumsfeld) 2005 womanofthehills Mar 2021 #53

Yeah, that went out when the government invented LSD and other mind altering drugs Calista241 Mar 2021 #9

Soldiers are still used, with their consent, to test experimental drugs underpants Mar 2021 #16

You don't know the facts. The government did NOT invent LSD. Look it up. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2021 #45

Yes, but they did test it on people without their consent Yeehah Mar 2021 #59

Here is an article explaining the process jimfields33 Mar 2021 #10

When the vaccines receive standard FDA approval (right now they just have emergency authorization) hlthe2b Mar 2021 #13

Thank you. underpants Mar 2021 #15

spent the first ten years of my life in the Marines mountain grammy Mar 2021 #21

You received mandated FDA-approved vaccines recommended by ACIP for adults. See my post upstream hlthe2b Mar 2021 #24

Sorry that's an excuse mountain grammy Mar 2021 #36

You apparently did not fully read what I posted to you. They CAN legally mandate hlthe2b Mar 2021 #41

I read it and comprehended it.. mountain grammy Mar 2021 #42

Decades of working in public health, I can assure you I know exactly what NEEDS to occur. hlthe2b Mar 2021 #43

"living and working in close quarters" RotorHead Mar 2021 #66

"They are government property." RotorHead Mar 2021 #65

A legitimate beef voiced in an unacceptable manner. No need for that tone. marble falls Mar 2021 #73

I have to agree with the poster. TwilightZone Mar 2021 #74

In other words: A legitimate beef voiced in a nasty way ... marble falls Mar 2021 #75

RotorHead DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #76

I had no idea.... RotorHead Mar 2021 #81

Good lord DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #83

"Good lord" RotorHead Mar 2021 #84

Like some master sergeants DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #86

Also DashOneBravo Mar 2021 #88

I couldn't decline an inoculation in the Navy. rickford66 Mar 2021 #2

The same was true in the Air Force. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2021 #11

"I never had a thought of refusing them." sarge43 Mar 2021 #39

I am glad I was inoculated while in the service Prof. Toru Tanaka Mar 2021 #46

Yes indeed. sarge43 Mar 2021 #50

We were not given a choice when I was in TimeToGo Mar 2021 #12

(Doe v Rumsfeld) 2005 womanofthehills Mar 2021 #55

Then there was that time five men stood under a nuclear explosion. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2021 #14

LLiPS DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #52

I live 50 miles north of the Trinity Site womanofthehills Mar 2021 #56

People living downwind from the nuclear test sites had more cancer cases than those who didn't. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2021 #63

I would love to see a map DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #64

The info about the plumes can be found online womanofthehills Mar 2021 #77

I am sad and sorry for everyone down there. DENVERPOPS Mar 2021 #80

My law firm handled a group of asbestos cases from the Charleston naval shipyard. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Mar 2021 #82

I couldnt decline in the NG either. Since when did the military start giving a CHOICE? oldsoftie Mar 2021 #28

2005 - Doe vs Rumsfeld womanofthehills Mar 2021 #78

I was a Hospital Corpsman in the Coast Guard Rural_Progressive Mar 2021 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author jimfields33 Mar 2021 #3

In WW II when you went into basic training you got "your shots." End of story Botany Mar 2021 #5

Maybe if the government didn't invent drugs like LSD and test them on soldiers Calista241 Mar 2021 #8

The "government" didn't invent LSD OnlinePoker Mar 2021 #40

What Historical Experimenting RobinA Mar 2021 #44

here's one example Orangepeel Mar 2021 #62

It was that way in the 80's as well Major Nikon Mar 2021 #19

Leaders could also hit you and curse you out jimfields33 Mar 2021 #27

Yeah, hitting you is the same as requiring a shot. oldsoftie Mar 2021 #29

It means they aren't necessarily yes types jimfields33 Mar 2021 #30

My Marine friend laughed at that when I just asked him Polybius Mar 2021 #57

Yes. If you were in the armed forces, you didn't have a choice JohnSJ Mar 2021 #34

Is it just me, or is that soldier REALLY excited to serve his country? NickB79 Mar 2021 #61

I think maybe the 75 year history of our government performing medical experiments on soldiers, Calista241 Mar 2021 #6

I don't know how the vaccine is optional for the military RAB910 Mar 2021 #18

The vaccines are not FDA approved yet so military cannot force them to get the shots. HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #23

Maybe not so " innocently" being part of the problem... HUAJIAO Mar 2021 #22

Which Part of The Vaccines are NOT.... LovingA2andMI Mar 2021 #25

Some musclecar6 Mar 2021 #26

So is the Mayor of Detroit who is refusing JNJ vaccines for his city, only Moderna and Pfizer JohnSJ Mar 2021 #32

Are these the same military members wearing the QAnon BlueIdaho Mar 2021 #33

I wonder how many of them are QANON types? JohnSJ Mar 2021 #35

It should be mandatory for every state, local, and federal employee MichMan Mar 2021 #37

There's no reason for anyone to opt out of the vaccine Dopers_Greed Mar 2021 #38

Covid Vaccines are NOT FDA Approved. James48 Mar 2021 #47

Seriously, this should not be optional. Make it mandatory. Initech Mar 2021 #48

that's interesting barbtries Mar 2021 #51

They won't mandate it because it's under EUA madville Mar 2021 #70

Dr Fauci has such a gentle way of transmitting brutal facts.... Hekate Mar 2021 #54

Maybe the military can't force members to get a vaccine, but they have ways ... JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2021 #58

Just think of how easy it will be to note probable RWer insurectionists from a list of anti-vaxers. marble falls Mar 2021 #60

Weird. RotorHead Mar 2021 #67

Equating the Covid vaccine with the Anthrax vaccine? Interesting. mn9driver Mar 2021 #72

The Anthrax vaccine is the reason for "Doe vs Rumsfeld" womanofthehills Mar 2021 #79

It's utterly stunning.... RotorHead Mar 2021 #68

During my 10 years of active duty, I don't recall ever being "asked" whether I wanted a vaccine. mn9driver Mar 2021 #69

There are federal court rulings addressing this very thing madville Mar 2021 #71

Dr. Fauci is corrct. yes. he. is. riversedge Mar 2021 #85

Plenty of rotten apples in our military februari Mar 2021 #87