Maybe we just fill this bread up?
I’d like to think that this would be something that might actually be able to stall or stop the vaccine mandates for the military. My son is a USMC Reservist and he’s going to be given, best case scenario, an “other than honorable” discharge by the end of the year because he will not take the vaccine. He’s actually ready to get out anyway (poor morale in military in general, wonder why?), but he deserves better. He’s certainly served with honor even after they got rid of the MOS he loved so much (tanker). I told him that it’s a shame that the honorable thing to do now is to disobey an order and get an other than honorable discharge. I also told him that many other people (potential future employers included) will come to see it that way too eventually.
Exactly. They’re trying to destroy our military. We’re losing the best of the best too as my son is not at all alone in his decision to refuse the vaccine no matter the potential consequences. He’s dedicated and good at what he does. He went on Reserve duty just a couple weeks back and got the best shooting score out of all 120 Marines. He is also consistently the “Iron Man” of his unit. There are many more great military personnel that are about to leave and they are the ones who are awake, have good moral values, and are willing and competent enough to draw the line between following orders and doing what is right. So we’re losing the best and most mentally prepared warriors in essentially.
My wife (RN, emergency room) came home from work last night and told me there was a nurse tech she works with that was literally in tears over the hospitals vaccine mandate just a few weeks ago. My wife said that, at the time, she tried to console her and told her exactly how to go about getting a religious exemption and that she had already had her exemption approved. The tech was then grateful and said she was going to do that. I think she said the subject came up again a couple of weeks later and the tech told her she had gotten her exemption. Well, last night that tech left work abruptly in the middle of her shift. My wife asked someone else what that was all about. Come to find out, the tech had actually just got her second shot and was having a reaction to the vaccine. Supposedly the girl had still been getting pressure from coworkers and supervisors to take the vax. Anyway, Her chest was hurting and she was having heart palpitations. On top of that, she also had just tested positive for COVID. All after getting the second shot. She could have just rolled with the exemption and she’d probably be just fine right now but instead she got the vax, COVID, and heart problems. For almost a year and a half of “pandemic” she had been fine but somehow thought taking the vaccine was ultimately what she should do. Typical of what we’re dealing with now.