Flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base raises questions about Hegseth's vaccine mandate rollback
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An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened nearly 160 people, with one possible death during basic training. The article argues that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to eliminate the military's universal flu vaccine mandate has backfired, forcing society to relearn costly lessons from history.
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· 3 pulledIf it wasn't already clear why Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's decision to eliminate the military's universal flu vaccine mandate was an exceptionally bad idea, it should be now.
An influenza outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas has sickened almost 160 people in the past few weeks and might have even killed one person going through basic training.
The Defense secretary is forcing society to relearn costly lessons of history.
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