Posted on Feb 6, 2022
469 Marines Discharged Over COVID-Vaccine Mandate
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The Marine Corps said on Thursday that it had discharged hundreds of Marines for refusing to get the coronavirus vaccine as mandated by the military.
The latest actions, which came as COVID-19 cases began to ebb across the country after the omicron surge, brought the total number of Marines booted out of the service for vaccine refusal to 469.
The latest actions, which came as COVID-19 cases began to ebb across the country after the omicron surge, brought the total number of Marines booted out of the service for vaccine refusal to 469.
469 Marines Discharged Over COVID-Vaccine Mandate
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Chip, that standard has been around since before 1973. If your shots are not up to date, then you are non-deployable. The Army over past 4-5 years has shit canned thousands of non-deployable troops.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."So far, the military branch has only granted three religious' exemptions.
"To date, there have been 3,538 requests for religious accommodation concerning the COVID-19 vaccine mandate," Capt. Andrew R. Wood, a Marine Corps spokesman. said, in part, in a statement sent on Thursday to NBC 7. "At this time, 3,414 have been processed and 3 requests have been approved."
“The speed with which the disease transmits among individuals has increased risk to our Marines and the Marine Corps’ mission," the Marine Corps said in a statement in December.
As of Jan. 26, 2022, the United States is seeing a current seven-day average of daily new cases of 596,860, which is down sharply from last week, when the seven-day moving average was 744,806 daily cases."...
..."So far, the military branch has only granted three religious' exemptions.
"To date, there have been 3,538 requests for religious accommodation concerning the COVID-19 vaccine mandate," Capt. Andrew R. Wood, a Marine Corps spokesman. said, in part, in a statement sent on Thursday to NBC 7. "At this time, 3,414 have been processed and 3 requests have been approved."
“The speed with which the disease transmits among individuals has increased risk to our Marines and the Marine Corps’ mission," the Marine Corps said in a statement in December.
As of Jan. 26, 2022, the United States is seeing a current seven-day average of daily new cases of 596,860, which is down sharply from last week, when the seven-day moving average was 744,806 daily cases."...
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These troops weren't discharged for refusing any old vaccine. They likely got all the other shots EXCEPT for the COVID vaccine. There is a distinction.
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