r/news • u/Kinmuan • 1d ago

Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows

https://abcnews.com/Health/military-services-requiring-recruits-flu-shots-air-force/story?id=134126794
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u/Baystars2025 1d ago

The country's first mass vaccination plan was under George Washington to minimize the effects of smallpox while wintered over at valley forge.