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Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as Air Force outbreak grows
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spaghettiwestern sh.itjust.works spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-15
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Link: https://abcnews.com/Health/military-services-requiring-recruits-flu-shots-air-force/story?id=134126794

As of Tuesday, at least 222 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio, had been diagnosed with the flu and four had been hospitalized, the two people familiar with the matter told ABC News.

This marks a sharp increase from the 159 cases and two hospitalizations reported last week. The death of one recruit remains under investigation, though it is not yet clear whether it is tied to the outbreak, the sources said.

The outbreak is unfolding just two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for troops, scrapping the military's requirement for it, which dates to 1945, a move breaking with longstanding public health directives.
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Tony Bark pawb.social tonytins@pawb.social
Joined: 2023-06-04
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MrSulu lemmy.ml MrSulu@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2024-12-23
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Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.
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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
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MrSulu wrote:
Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.

especially since new flu strains is more severe in young people in close quarters than in older people or people who had alot of flu infections.
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finallymadeanaccount lemmy.world finallymadeanaccount@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-12-31
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Piss Pot Pete strikes again.
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chuckleslord lemmy.world chuckleslord@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-12
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MrSulu wrote:
Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.

"I bolted the door after closing the horse"

I'm not sure what point you're making, though.
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melsaskca lemmy.ca melsaskca@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-09
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The age of "dum".
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boaratio lemmy.world boaratio@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
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I hope a drunken Pete Hegseth gets some form of super flu.
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SaveTheTuaHawk lemmy.ca SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca
Joined: 2025-03-07
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MrSulu wrote:
Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.

I bolted the horse after closing the door
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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MrSulu wrote:
Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.

after the door bolted, the i closed the horse.
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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chuckleslord wrote:
"I bolted the door after closing the horse" I'm not sure what point you're making, though.

eeeeee we independently came up with very similar sentences
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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Tollana1234567 wrote:
especially since new flu strains is more severe in young people in close quarters than in older people or people who had alot of flu infections.

dude don't tell me this my wife works with the littles and i teach music
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spinnetrouble sh.itjust.works spinne@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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MinnesotaGoddam wrote:
dude don't tell me this my wife works with the littles and i teach music

Get your flu shot 😆
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Lucidlethargy sh.itjust.works Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-28
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boaratio wrote:
I hope a drunken Pete Hegseth gets some form of super flu.

Oh, I'm sure he's fully vaccinated. All the people against vaccines pretty much are.
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Bloomcole lemmy.world Bloomcole@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-17
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too bad
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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spinnetrouble wrote:
Get your flu shot 😆

In bulk, please
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boaratio lemmy.world boaratio@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-03
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Lucidlethargy wrote:
Oh, I'm sure he's fully vaccinated. All the people against vaccines pretty much are.

Ahh good point.
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fartographer lemmy.world fartographer@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-06-29
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One of my friends works for Lackland, and "self-made pandemic" sounds about right.
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spinnetrouble sh.itjust.works spinne@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-10
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MinnesotaGoddam wrote:
In bulk, please

"I'm sorry, additional flu shots aren't covered. You get one per season."

"I said, 'Hit me again'!!"
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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
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boaratio wrote:
I hope a drunken Pete Hegseth gets some form of super flu.

he has enough alcohol in his blood to neutralize the flu.
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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
Joined: 2025-06-04
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Lucidlethargy wrote:
Oh, I'm sure he's fully vaccinated. All the people against vaccines pretty much are.

and fully drunk.
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MinnesotaGoddam lemmy.world HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-27
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spinnetrouble wrote:
"I'm sorry, additional flu shots aren't covered. You get one per season." "I said, 'Hit me again'!!"

“I’m sorry, additional flu shots aren’t covered. You get one per season.”

YEAH AND I GOT OREGANO, PARSLEY, A GROUPON FOR SEASONED SALT, LOOK DON'T MAKE ME CALL DOCTOR HORSEPASTE
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MasterBlaster lemmy.world MasterBlaster@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-07
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If this continues apace, MAGA might inadvertently increase the IQ of the general population.
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