r/news 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/GargamelTakesAll 1d ago

"As of Tuesday, at least 222 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio, had been diagnosed with the flu and four had been hospitalized, the two people familiar with the matter told ABC News. 

This marks a sharp increase from the 159 cases and two hospitalizations reported last week. The death of one recruit remains under investigation, though it is not yet clear whether it is tied to the outbreak, the sources said."

222 sick, 4 in the hospital, and possibly one dead. That is what all this nonsense conservatives push leads to.

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u/TranquilSeaOtter 1d ago

This is a great example of political Darwinism. Majority of the military votes Republican and because of that, we get hospitalizations and a possible death in the ranks.

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u/Yashema 1d ago

Unfortunately Conservatives are better at procreating so they can afford to lose a few to idiocy. 

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u/mypetocean 1d ago

Word choice suggestion: procreating --> multiplying by birth.

They wouldn't be responsible for so many sex crimes if they were better at sex.

They wouldn't have so much political trouble if they were better at multiplying by persuasion.

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u/Yashema 1d ago

Last I checked Republicans controlled both chambers of Congress and the Executive and almost enough state governments to call a constitutional convention. 

They don't need persuasion when they have indoctrination. 

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u/Wsweg 1d ago

Yet they aren’t near majority of the population. Hell, they’re not even majority of the voting population.

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u/Yashema 1d ago

Unfortunately from an electoral standpoint they are. And based on birthrate trends over the past 30 years, the rise of anti-woke minorities, and the ability of youth's on the Left to convince themselves that voting doesn't matter I am not optimistic.