American service members will no longer be required to get a yearly flu shot under a new Defense Department policy described by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth as an effort to “restore freedom and strength to our joint force.”
Calling the Covid-19 vaccine mandate part of an “era of betrayal” that was now “over,” Hegseth said the Pentagon was discarding “absurd, overreaching mandates that only weaken our war fighting capabilities,” such as “the universal flu vaccine and the mandate behind it.”
What stage of imperial decline is this?
What is the point of putting Burger Kings and McDonalds on military bases if we also have to provide meals for free? This is unfair to the brave franchise owners.
Let the market resolve the issue. Tell troops they are now empowered to make their own decisions about what they will eat every night. No more handouts encouraging sloth and infantilizing our brave warriors!