Nearly 40% of Marines have declined Covid-19 vaccine

[signalmankenneth]

Washington (CNN) Nearly 40% of US Marines are declining Covid-19 vaccinations, according to data provided to CNN on Friday by the service, the first branch to disclose service-wide numbers on acceptance and declination.

As of Thursday, approximately 75,500 Marines have received vaccines, including fully vaccinated and partially vaccinated service men and women. About 48,000 Marines have chosen not to receive vaccines, for a declination rate of 38.9%.
CNN has reached out to the other services for acceptance and declination rates.

The corresponding acceptance rate for vaccinations among Marines -- 61.1% -- is not far off the military estimate of two-thirds, or about 66%.

Another 102,000 Marines have not yet been offered the vaccines. The total number of Marines includes active-duty, reserves and Individual Mobilization Augmentee Marines.

The declination rate at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, one of the prominent Marine Corps bases, was far higher, at 57%, according to another set of data provided to CNN. Of 26,400 Marines who have been offered vaccinations, 15,100 have chosen not to receive them, a number that includes both II Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installation East -- Camp Lejeune. Another 11,500 active-duty Marines are scheduled to be offered the vaccines.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/politics/marines-coronavirus-vaccines/index.html

What would Gunny say?

Take the vaccine dammit!

 

[Concart]

When I visited my kid last weekend, he expressed that they were having similar problems where he's stationed in the Army. They've made it difficult to get the vaccine, and they aren't doing a good job of selling the benefit. He's heard talk that it may become mandatory.

 

[Darth Omar]

Are you a virology denier?

Why should ridiculously healthy young men get vaccinated against a virus that poses practically no risk to them. And if they should happen to get it, it’s ridiculously probable they’ll get it, recover, then add to our herd immunity numbers.

 

[Iolo/Penderyn]

Are you a virology denier?

Why should ridiculously healthy young men get vaccinated against a virus that poses practically no risk to them. And if they should happen to get it, it’s ridiculously probable they’ll get it, recover, then add to our herd immunity numbers.

I suppose they they're allowed out sometimes to spread the infection. You thick?

 

[katzgar]

Are you a virology denier?

Why should ridiculously healthy young men get vaccinated against a virus that poses practically no risk to them. And if they should happen to get it, it’s ridiculously probable they’ll get it, recover, then add to our herd immunity numbers.

you are just a troll

 

[Grumpy]

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Did everyone notice that the hojo secdef is going to "weed out" subversive elements in the military?

Looks to me like the USMC will really, really be looking for a lot of "a few GOOD men" after they purge all those subversive, non-compliant, miscreant plague vaccine hold-outs.

 

[evince]

Are you a virology denier?

Why should ridiculously healthy young men get vaccinated against a virus that poses practically no risk to them. And if they should happen to get it, it’s ridiculously probable they’ll get it, recover, then add to our herd immunity numbers.

Spread which allows the virus to mutate and create a more dangerous strain


I’m so sick of Russo bot holes lying and sucking putins tiny member

 

[evince]

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Did everyone notice that the hojo secdef is going to "weed out" subversive elements in the military?

Looks to me like the USMC will really, really be looking for a lot of "a few GOOD men" after they purge all those subversive, non-compliant, miscreant plague vaccine hold-outs.

RACISTS


That is what they are talking about


Trumped by up racists in the military helps only Putin


Fuck yes they need to go

 

[evince]

Will trumped up lie filled brain voids be good for this nation?


Will they follow orders from Biden faithfully?


They need to get the fuck out

 

[Grumpy]

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I’m so sick of Russo bot holes lying and sucking putins tiny member

A very interesting comment ... do you have a link for that?

 

[Stone]

Hmmmmmmmm... Whatever happened to being in control of your own body and having the right to keep medical options between the person and their doctor ? HIPAA anyone?

 

[Nomad]

Other kinds of vaccinations are mandatory in the military, they should just make this one as well.

Refuse?

Spend the rest of your hitch in the brig in solitary confinement.

 

[Stone]

Will trumped up lie filled brain voids be good for this nation?


Will they follow orders from Biden faithfully?


They need to get the fuck out

They are NOT to follow orders from Biden faithfully,...nor from anyone else including commanding officers. They are to only follow LAWFUL orders. Not surprising a Nazi like yourself doesnt understand the difference.

 

[Stone]

Until the vax is lawfully made mandatory...." good luck with THAT btw" the Marines or anyone else are well within their rights to decline.

 

[Walt]

Other kinds of vaccinations are mandatory in the military, they should just make this one as well.

Refuse?

Spend the rest of your hitch in the brig in solitary confinement.

That is in general how the military works. Right now, the government is being very nice about the Covid-19 vaccine, and hoping that enough people will volunteer. This might not be what the future brings.

 

[Walt]

Until the vax is lawfully made mandatory...." good luck with THAT btw" the Marines or anyone else are well within their rights to decline.

Stone was never in the Army. He really thinks that all orders have to come from Congress.

 

[evince]

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A very interesting comment ... do you have a link for that?

Nope

If you desire to suck putins tiny member you will have to find it yourself

 

[evince]

They are NOT to follow orders from Biden faithfully,...nor from anyone else including commanding officers. They are to only follow LAWFUL orders. Not surprising a Nazi like yourself doesnt understand the difference.

So if Biden orders it they will merely claim he’s not really the president?


But they will follow donnies orders


See the problem


If they support trump they need to get the fuck out of the military

 

[AProudLefty]

Are you a virology denier?

Why should ridiculously healthy young men get vaccinated against a virus that poses practically no risk to them. And if they should happen to get it, it’s ridiculously probable they’ll get it, recover, then add to our herd immunity numbers.

Well one benefit would be they could make the enemies sick.

 

[Walt]

Hmmmmmmmm... Whatever happened to being in control of your own body and having the right to keep medical options between the person and their doctor ? HIPAA anyone?

HIPAA has exceptions for contagious diseases, and more importantly does not apply to the military. In the military, you do not have control over your own body.