The military traded its flu vaccine mandate for ‘medical freedom’ – an outbreak quickly followed

Two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the flu vaccine optional in the military, an outbreak leads several branches of the military to make it mandatory again.

https://theconversation.com/the-military-traded-its-flu-vaccine-mandate-for-medical-freedom-an-outbreak-quickly-followed-286094

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El virus que enfermó a decenas de soldados en una base de la Fuerza Aérea en Texas

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://lapatilla.com/2026/06/20/el-virus-que-enfermo-a-decenas-de-soldados-en-una-base-de-la-fuerza-aerea-en-texas/

Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines

Reports say Texas recruits ill from outbreak, which comes weeks after defense secretary made flu vaccine optional

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/18/lackland-air-force-base-flu-outbreak

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