Image: Wikimedia Commons (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza) On April 20, War Secretary Pete Hegseth sent a memorandum to Pentagon officials and various defense agencies declaring that, “effective immediately,” members of the Active and Reserve Components, as well as civilian personnel of the Department of War, will no longer be mandated to receive the flu vaccine. The revised guidance states that the annual influenza vaccine was “voluntary.” The following day, on X, he announced, “The War Department is once again restoring freedom to our Joint Force. We are discarding the mandatory flu vaccine requirement, effective immediately.” Two months later, in June, military personnel have been blind-sided. For many, Hegseth’s lifting of the flu mandate has been perceived as “pure…
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