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

The military has reinstated a flu vaccine mandate at several branches—two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made it optional. According to epidemiologist Katrine Wallace of the University of Illinois Chicago, the outbreak illustrates why such requirements existed in the first place. It's a case study in vaccination policy consequence: when requirements are removed, disease typically follows.

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