'The last damn thing you need is to have those in the military that are our warriors unable to respond to a mission because they've gotten COVID-19,' said the former defense secretary.
) fully approves it. Service members are currently mandated to receive 17 vaccines, including measles, hepatitis, mumps, flu and others. The COVID-19 vaccination would be included as one of the vaccines if the department decides to implement the policy.'s administration, argued that"there's no reason we should not require" military members to be vaccinated and said he received all the shots that were required when he served in the Army.
Former U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Saturday encouraged President Joe Biden to move on mandating COVID-19 vaccines for all military members."The last damn thing you need is to have those in the military that are our warriors unable to respond to a mission because they've gotten COVID-19. There's no excuse for that," he added.
The Pentagon cannot mandate vaccinations on the military as it is still only authorized for emergency use, however, Biden has the authority to allow an exception. In April, Biden left the door open to mandating vaccinations among service members when it's approved by the FDA."I don't know. I'm going to leave that to the military," he told
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