Anti-Vaccine Influencers React to the Air Force Base Flu Outbreak
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Can you guess how anti-vaccine influencers are reacting to the flu outbreak at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas?
You likely won’t be surprised…
Anti-Vaccine Influencers React to the Air Force Base Flu Outbreak
As usual, instead of connecting the dots and realizing that the flu outbreak at Lackland Airforce Base in Texas is very likely related to the decision of Pete Hegseth to make annual flu vaccines optional in the military.
A decision that went into immediate effect on April 20.
A decision that was soon followed by a flu outbreak among trainees in Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
A flu outbreak that is worsening, with 275 confirmed cases at the base, up from the initial 160 servicemen that had gotten sick.
A flu outbreak among recruits with flu vaccination rates that had dropped to just 40%!
So yeah, there is a very good chance that the majority of the new recruits that got sick with flu were unvaccinated…
But even though so many of them are unvaccinated, how did a flu outbreak start at the base this time of year?
After all, it’s summer and flu activity in the United States is very low!
Very low, but not totally gone!
That still leaves room for some people to get sick with the flu, especially since these new recruits in basic training are likely coming from all over the country.
What else?
Lackland Air Force Base is home to the Inter-American Air Forces Academy.
Why is that important?
Well, students from across the Western Hemisphere attend basic training at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy.
If you haven’t yet connected the dots as to why this is relevant, remember that the Western Hemisphere includes many countries that are in the Southern Hemisphere.
And these Southern Hemisphere countries have begun their winter/flu seasons!
Do you get it now?
In addition to the simple fact that military personnel might end up traveling overseas where there are flu outbreaks, they could be exposed at home, or when someone brings flu to the base from overseas.
And of course, recruits may have traveled before starting basic training!
That means there are plenty of ways that they can get the flu and start an outbreak.
And that means there are plenty of reasons that they should be vaccinated and protected with a flu vaccine!