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In reply to the discussion: Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional [View all]eppur_se_muova
(42,855 posts)12. Way to protect the troops -- and keep them in readiness. A SOD who does neither should be impeached.
Of course, in a better world, Kegsbreath would never have been approved in the first place.
One reason the "Spanish Flu" of WWI was so lethal was that there were thousands of new recruits packed into crowded tents and barracks on US Army bases. Once the flu hit, it spread like wildfire, and young men's lives were consumed like tinder. That's what happens when there are no vaccines. That lesson has been repeated over and over, but the slow learners still don't get it.
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional [View all]
demmiblue
11 hrs ago
OP
And? This shit is what Republicans want. The regime can't blame it on anyone but themselves when the GOP
Karasu
11 hrs ago
#4
Coming soon: Hegseth force-feeds Lackland AFB with ivermectin (nt)
muriel_volestrangler
10 hrs ago
#11
Way to protect the troops -- and keep them in readiness. A SOD who does neither should be impeached.
eppur_se_muova
10 hrs ago
#12
If they can get close enough to the Iranian soldiers, they can cough all over them ...
eppur_se_muova
9 hrs ago
#19
Got, carry, spread... die. Can they or anyone close to them feel safe when they are potentially vectors of harm?
littlemissmartypants
9 hrs ago
#26
Sad to see US troops having the attitude of teenagers--ie. It can't affect me!!
riversedge
8 hrs ago
#28
Depleted weapons, sick troops, underfed ship personnel, an addled Prez and his numbskulls. What could go wrong!
chowder66
10 hrs ago
#13
The level of stupidity in the United States is increasing geometrically thanks
NoMoreRepugs
9 hrs ago
#20
There's a reason the flu vaccine was made mandatory after the Spanish Flu over 100 years ago.
COL Mustard
8 hrs ago
#32
MaddowBlog-Two months after Hegseth's regressive move, Air Force base faces major flu outbreak
LetMyPeopleVote
7 hrs ago
#33