Collected Item: “SECDEF is expected to formally announce a mandatory vaccine policy for active-duty troops on Friday, according to Fox News.”
Give your story a title.
SECDEF is expected to formally announce a mandatory vaccine policy for active-duty troops on Friday, according to Fox News.
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
screenshot
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
I was active duty military for nine years and am now a reservist. My time in the military is almost done but I keep in contact with a lot of people who are still on active duty. I also keep myself up to date on military matters out of curiosity I guess. I am a corpsman in the Navy so I was really interested to see how the military would handle this pandemic. I was unsatisfied with the late response in a lot of matters (like masks and limiting gatherings) but this news is something that I am proud of. Working in the medical field out in the civilian world I have seen the impact of the COVID virus more than I would have to be on active duty. I have seen firsthand how relatively young and healthy people can become ill and die. I wanted to add some screenshots of the comment section to this post as well just to show that the military members are divided on the issue of vaccines just like civilians are. The difference is that active-duty members don't have a choice. If Uncle Sam says everyone needs to be vaccinated then that's what's gonna happen. Like someone on the comment section said "they injected us with anthrax, so I'm sure well fine with this vax shot"
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Navy Times
Give this story a date.
2021-08-05