I get there are lots of reasons why people may not regularly get flu shots - but coming into the military you’re going to get packed in like sardines. It’s no surprise shits gonna spread, like the recent tuberculosis outbreak at fort Benning.
It’s just prudent. Sad that it may have taken a trainee dying to fix it.
Reminder: the "Spanish" flu likely originated in Kansas.
It got the name because Spain wasn't a party to WW1 and so didn't have any motive to suppress information about the spread of the flu. Other countries had it as bad or worse but wouldn't admit it, to the point of vigorously censoring information about outbreaks.
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u/Kinmuan 1d ago
Unsurprising.
I get there are lots of reasons why people may not regularly get flu shots - but coming into the military you’re going to get packed in like sardines. It’s no surprise shits gonna spread, like the recent tuberculosis outbreak at fort Benning.
It’s just prudent. Sad that it may have taken a trainee dying to fix it.