Now it seems those misguided, as far as I'm concerned, policies are seeping into the military. First, Secretary Hicks has waived the COVID 19 vaccine requirements. And now just Last month, [Secretary Hicks] overturned the annual flu vaccine mandate, which has been DoD policy since the early 1950s. over 70 years. Of course, there's a reason for the flu vaccine requirement. Military personnel frequently live and work in close quarters, particularly on ships, making them highly susceptible to rapid disease transmission. (00:27–00:38)
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Asserts that the annual flu vaccine mandate, a DoD policy since the 1950s, was overturned.
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