Air Force Reinstates Flu Shot Rule for Recruits After Outbreak at Lackland
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After more than 200 flu cases at Lackland Air Force Base, the Air Force has reinstated a flu vaccination requirement for basic training recruits, reversing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s earlier scrapping of the mandate; as of June 19 there were 222 cases (four hospitalizations). Exemptions had been allowed, and medical teams are isolating and treating the sick, with the goal of vaccinating all incoming recruits to safeguard readiness.
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- Flu outbreak sickens 200 trainees at Lackland Air Force Base Air Force Times
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