▲ 273 ▼ Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says (apnews.com) submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by silence7@slrpnk.net to c/politics@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments Note: He's a guy who refuses to so much as wash his hands Modern influenza originated in Kansas, and was spread significantly by US troop deployments in WWI. It also killed tens of thousands of US soliders Edit: now points to AP and not CBS.
[–] Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 months ago (2 children) Even just cruise ships, which are much less crowded, get ravaged by things like norovirus. Navy ships are packed with shit and people permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DevDave@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Ugh, I don't even want to imagine what it's like being on a cruise ship full of norovirus. While I am not a big fan of sailing and such, I am one of those rare assholes that absolutely doesn't get sea sick. That said, being surrounded by vomit and shit everywhere would probably be enough to overcome that mild superpower. permalink fedilink source parent [–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Much like this administration is packed with shit people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DevDave@piefed.social 5 points 3 months ago Ugh, I don't even want to imagine what it's like being on a cruise ship full of norovirus. While I am not a big fan of sailing and such, I am one of those rare assholes that absolutely doesn't get sea sick. That said, being surrounded by vomit and shit everywhere would probably be enough to overcome that mild superpower. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NABDad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago Much like this administration is packed with shit people. permalink fedilink source parent