Flu vaccine is bad. /s

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u/Eikthyrnir13 3h ago

The military is made less ready by an idiot.

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u/Last_Cod_998 3h ago

During the swine flu epidemic during WWI there were competing theories on how to contain it and there was no vaccine. NYC decided on fresh air in the home. That's why radiators are by the windows. They also masked up. Philadelphia decided to have a parade.

When George Washington took command of the Continental Army in 1775, America was fighting a war on two fronts: one for independence from the British, and a second for survival against smallpox. Because Washington knew the ravages of the disease firsthand, he understood that the smallpox virus, then an invisible enemy, could cripple his army and end the war before it began.

That’s why Washington eventually made the bold decision to inoculate all American troops who had never been sickened with smallpox at a time when inoculation was a crude and often deadly process. His gamble paid off. The measure staved off smallpox long enough to win a years-long fight with the British. In the process, Washington pulled off the first massive, state-funded immunization campaign in American history."

Inoculation was performed by soaking string in small pox puss and inserting that in a fresh wound. You still got sick, but not as bad. The mortality rate was 5-10%. Think about that when you hear "patriots" whine about how inconvenient masks are. Good thing our independence isn't dependent upon them.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.history.com/.amp/news/smallpox-george-washington-revolutionary-war

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u/AnarchyIsNotChaos 2h ago

I don't know if I wish Washington, Lincoln, and company were still around or not.

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u/Kaarl_Mills 2h ago

I wish Sherman was

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u/AnarchyIsNotChaos 2h ago

Jesus. Yes. I have a shirt with him in Obama's hope colors and it says die mad. I really like that shirt. Everyone sees this anit-hero version of him, but he always believes war was cruel and that to be less cruel the logical next step was to be as vicious as he could within rules of war to end the cruelty as fast as possible. He and Grant were an amazing combination and they had the right president behind them. Johnson fucked everything up.

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u/piercedmfootonaspike 1h ago

That's why radiators are by the windows.

I highly doubt that. Radiators are under Windows because that's the only logical place for them. It's where the room is the coldest, and as cool air falls from the window, warm air rises from the radiator, aiding in circulation of air in the room.

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u/luxcity-louche 16m ago

But how much testosterone did they have?

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u/Baha05 3h ago

Yup and even more idiots are going to cheer this without realizing that a military isn’t effective when sick with the flu.

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u/UnhappyReason5452 2h ago

Walter Payton broke the nfl single game rushing record with a 100+ temperature.

Just saying…

Kegsbreath will find Real Sigmas like that with his daily morning erection detections and inspections.

MAGA loves The D.

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u/Biffingston 3h ago

But hey, they'll get their testosterone supplements to go with their crippling, preventable diseases. So there's that at least.

/s

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u/JH_111 3h ago

“If we send them into a warzone while they’re sick… boom biological warfare!”

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u/FunnieNameGoesHere 1h ago

No doubt. There was a flu outbreak a few months ago at a base in Texas that sidelined a lot of service members. This dipshittery undermines our military readiness.

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u/RubberDuckieMidrange 3h ago

"More Control" And "Not authorized for use" are not the coherent message they claim to send.

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u/samanime 3h ago

Yeah. This isn't "your choice" it is very much "we say no".

This is literally going to kill thousands, if not way more. As an Army brat, Tricare was my insurance for most of my childhood... Meaning family of servicepeople ALSO can't get their shots through them.

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u/gambit1999999 3h ago

This fucking drunk. Im still in 21 years in and this fuck head is legit the worse thing out here. Can't wait for his ass to be in jail.

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u/Significant-Order-92 2h ago

You are nicer than I am.

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u/StandByTheJAMs 3h ago

They can still get the (now optional) flu shots we've always gotten, just not the new mRNA ones. The mRNA vaccines are only FDA approved for those over 50 for now, so not a lot of servicemembers would be getting them anyway.

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u/Ambitious-Leader-427 6m ago

Yeah, just those silly senior NCOs and senior officers. Prolly don't need those.

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u/Ishidan01 3h ago

Met a Republican lately?

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u/Stunning_Weather_403 2h ago

Yup, I’m 42 and live in Utah, meet them everyday unfortunately lol

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u/NinjaMurse 3h ago

Guess he didn’t learn from last time

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u/WhirlingBiggerstaff 3h ago

The biggest killer of armies throughout history is germs.

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u/ThreeSloth 3h ago

Spanish flu? Never heard of it

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u/HorrimCarabal 2h ago

On ship? I can only imagine

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u/SchoolCrossing 1h ago

Did you read Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Worth a read, fascinating history of civilizations.

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u/Mrmoseley231119 3h ago

Good thing rampant illness has never had a negative impact on military success.

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u/WasteBinStuff 2h ago

"Being given more control over their own healthcare."

....also...

"Vaccine not authorized for any military use including for every single veteran who relies on TriCare."

We live in a time were words have no meaning.

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u/herrcollin 2h ago

"More control over their bodies" from the people who hate abortions, hormone therapies and colored hair.

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u/TeaOk2254 4m ago

Except for hormone therapy for service members with less than 'peak' testosterone, as determined by their mandated testing.

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u/weenis_machinist 1h ago

Isn't this dickweed forcing SMs to get testosterone testing?

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u/Man_of_Ice 3h ago

Good Lord.

Watch readiness predictably tank and commanders not have enough personnel to meet mission needs as more service members get sick.

No commander wants this political interference.

This is insanity.

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u/TellTaleTimeLord 3h ago

When you're hiding from Charlie in the foxhole and bro next to you starts coughing

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u/Relicc5 3h ago

Those that do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.

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u/m240bravoromeo 3h ago

Being fair how are you supposed to learn from history when you were blacked out drunk when you made said history?

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u/Stunning_Weather_403 2h ago

Well do be fair, keep being black out drunk and repeating that and see how happy you are and where end up

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u/Stunning_Weather_403 2h ago

That’s Winston C right?

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u/Relicc5 2h ago

It was said by many before him as well.

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u/Kaarl_Mills 2h ago

And those who do are condemned to watch everyone else do it again and be powerless to stop it

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u/kevendo 3h ago

The dumbest people on the planet are in charge.

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u/Significant_Monk_251 2h ago

I wish people would stop pretending the United States has a "Department of War."

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u/Significant-Order-92 2h ago

It would be nice. Like I get why the AF people I work with followed his statement on that.

But the executive branch doesn't have the authority to change congressionally created departments names. Regardless of how Pete chooses to identify.

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u/riseuprasta 2h ago

Tell me you haven’t studied military history without telling me you haven’t studied military history

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u/BrineJones 37m ago

Pete kept being distracted by the pictures.

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u/ORLANKA 2h ago

mRNA insulin has been a life saving medication for over 3 decades and I just want everyone to take a moment to research the mRNA technology and its necessity.

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u/DaddieTang 3h ago

More orders from Vlad.

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u/Significant-Order-92 2h ago

I would find it less embarrassing if I thought he was actually an enemy agent.

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u/Sestos 2h ago

Good thing I got mine already, but seems they are not allowing people to make medical choices if they are denying choices.

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u/bobo-the-dodo 2h ago

alpha males are afraid of poke of needle.

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u/txkwatch 2h ago

I heard that kegsbreath had a flu shot as a kid and that's why he struggles to bench 135lb now....

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u/TheLizardKing89 1h ago

Until WWI, every war in human history saw more soldiers die from disease than from battlefield injuries. Looks like we’re heading that way again.

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u/WilburWerkes 3h ago

What a moron

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u/Tripple_T 3h ago

Was this before or after the Colorado Springs flu epidemic?

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u/Cal-pak 2h ago

Didn't we do this last year?

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u/No-Drama-in-Paradise 2h ago

Just gotta get those anti-vax voters on board.

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u/gogozombie2 2h ago

Now take that whole "make their own decisions" energy and apply it to abortions.

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u/finalattack123 2h ago

Is China writing US defence policy?

Seems like a super effective way to decrease military effectiveness.

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u/Significant-Order-92 2h ago

You know. Somehow Kegseth being a Chinese or Russian agent would be less pathetic. At least then the harm he caused would be on purpose and not just because he insists on basing his leadership around Chrostina Nationalism and meaningless buzz words.

Like it would still be bad (and he would probably be more effective at harming military readiness). But some how being an enemy agent seems much less pathetic.

But no. The man with his own makeup room is just going to keep screaming about manliness and testosterone.

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u/MinuteAppropriate204 2h ago

Didn't they do this last year and went back on it immediately after the flu knocked out a huge chunk of the military?

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u/ILiekBookz 2h ago

Shhh, let the antivax kill themselves off. Bases are isolated enough that I doubt an outbreak would threaten herd immunity as a whole that much

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u/Prior-Ad5197 2h ago

Pfft Fort Hood in Texas is not isolated. More service members hang in Killeen and Copperas Cove than anything. Killeen especially is so far up the military’s butt, you can’t find it. There are literally no jobs because the city made a deal with the military that they would not open factories in Killeen, they won’t allow it. Car dealerships and housing is super expensive because they know they can charge the soldiers more, forget about the civilians, they can get fucked

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u/Special_Fan5043 2h ago

Reminded me to go get my flu shot. Going to get it done tomorrow.

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u/Direct_Tomorrow_9927 2h ago

And now you’ll have oodles of otherwise capable warfighters laid out and down with the flu or Covid when they could be on duty. Way to cut our forces off at the knees, Kegsbreath.

Maybe you should go jerk off to “Paton” and “Commando” and leave the big-boy stuff to people that know what they’re doing.

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u/Just_Another_Loser12 1h ago

Isn't he forcing them to take testosterone?

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u/Unlucky-Cup-5461 1h ago

Well that's fantastic news. Perhaps Pete should remember that in World war 1 over 45,000 soldiers died of the Spanish flu while 53,000 died in actual combat.

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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 3h ago

We don’t want no pussy ass immune system that’s propped up by vaccines like the sissy libtards. Our military is strong, their immune systems are strong. Raw milk and testosterone is all you need. RFK brain worm gave a whole Ted talk about it.

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u/Numerous_Creme_8988 3h ago

It is better to teach the immune system the hard way. We are stronger without medicine and technology. /s

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u/Bean_Daddy_Burritos 2h ago

That’ll show those commie bastards

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u/Dex_Maddock 3h ago

What a doofus.

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u/TastingTheKoolaid 2h ago

Didn’t he JUST cause a massive outbreak and even kill some trainee because he’s against flu vaccines?????

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u/uknownredditr 1h ago

Screw those malaria pills

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u/chi-nyc 1h ago

LOL, sounds like you had them.

NGL, I kind of miss Mefloquine Monday night dreams. I was just about the only one though.

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u/Occamsrazor2323 2h ago

Oh, that's the guy who got the couch for secondsies after Vance was done with it.

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u/IAteTonysLoMein 2h ago

But all whiskeydick pete did with it was pass out

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u/hamellr 1h ago

That’s not going to do anything to further reduce the effectiveness of our military

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u/oldassveteran 50m ago

Wait… so.. my body my choice?…

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u/purple_kathryn 14m ago

I mean it sounds like something a bad actor would do to sabotage the readiness of the military

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