Over 9,000 Marines Still Unvaccinated, Over 100 Discharged For Refusal
Thousands of Marines are still not vaccinated against COVID-19 despite the U.S. military’s vaccine mandate, and more than 160 have been discharged so far for refusing to get the vaccine.
As of Thursday, 94% of active-duty troops were fully vaccinated and another 1% were partially vaccinated, according to data from the U.S. Marine Corps.
That leaves the remaining 5% of an active-duty Marine force of about 182,500, which amounts to about 9,125 active-duty Marines who are still unvaccinated.
In August, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced that all service members would be subject to a COVID-19 vaccine mandate. The announcement came two days after the FDA granted full approval to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. – READ MORE
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