Nearly 70% of all military personnel have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but a debate has begun to swirl about whether the Pentagon should make vaccinations mandatory.
obtained an internal Army memo that said commanders should"prepare for a directive to mandate COVID-19 vaccination for service members 01 September 2021, pending full FDA licensure," the order said.
At a Pentagon briefing on Tuesday the Pentagon's top spokesman emphasized the success that the U.S. military has had in recommending the use of the vaccines. MORE: Vaccine-hesitant Americans reject delta variant risk, posing questions for pandemic recovery: POLL
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