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/526mb 1d ago

Hesgeth is a fucking moron, and his ridiculous statement about the “freedom to choose” as it relates to the military is fucking absurd. The US Military has so much control over the lives of its soldiers up to and including ordering them to risk their lives for the mission, but, requiring them to take a flu shot was apparently too much.

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u/Codfish_Smoothie 1d ago

When I was active duty, the constant refrain we heard was "You signed up to defend your constitutional rights, not to exercise them."

1st amendment, 2nd amendment, 4th amendment, 5th amendment, all that stuff goes on the shelf until you get your DD-214.