On Monday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum to Pentagon leadership and other defense agencies stating that, “effective immediately,” Active and Reserve Components Service members, along with Department of War civilian personnel, will no longer be required to receive the flu vaccine. According to the updated guidance, the shot is “the annual influenza vaccine is voluntary.”
In a video shared on X this morning, which has garnered more than 3.5 million views at the time of this report, Hegseth said, “the notion that a flu vaccine must be mandatory for every service member, everywhere, in every circumstance at all times is just overly broad and not rational.”
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