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Nearly 160 Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio contracted flu after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended the mandatory flu vaccine requirement. The outbreak has raised concerns about Hegseth's military health policies.
Nearly 160 Air Force recruits at Joint Base San Antonio contracted flu after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended the mandatory flu vaccine requirement for military personnel. The outbreak clustered at a single base shortly after the vaccine mandate was dropped.
Hegseth's decision to eliminate the requirement came from his stated opposition to vaccine mandates, but the timing of the outbreak creates an immediate case study. 160 recruits is a significant outbreak in a controlled population, and it happened directly after the mandate was removed. Hegseth will have to defend whether lifting the mandate was worth the health cost, especially in a military setting where recruits live in close quarters.
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