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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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[-] CriticalResist8@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 1 month ago

I support Hegseth doing whatever the fuck he thinks he's doing with the US army. Go get that flu boys!

[-] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Pete Kegsbreath, "I've never heard of WW1 and the Spanish Flu."

[-] kredditacc@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 1 month ago

Good work, Comrade Hegseth.

[-] Everyn@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

Gonna be an easy win for iran if they send ground troops then LMAOOOOOO

[-] HaSch@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 1 month ago

The "brave warriors" cannot handle a little pinprick

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