Air Force Flu Outbreak Explodes

Thursday, June 25, 2026

The Air Force has re-implemented a flu shot requirement for trainees after more than 200 fell ill due to an outbreak at the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio ...

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The military has quietly reinstated mandatory flu jabs for recruits just two months after Hegseth scrapped the 80-year-old rule.

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-- The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) 8:30 AM Â· Jun 24, 2026

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"The Air Force has re-implemented a flu shot requirement for trainees after more than 200 fell ill"

Out of curiosity, any MAGA have a problem with that/

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-24 12:50 PM | Reply

This is why you don't let idiots be in charge of things that are important.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 02:02 PM | Reply

So, you mean there's like a, whatayacallem, connection between no vax and disease spread? Who knew?

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-25 03:39 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

The symbol of MAGA needs to be a bacterium, or a virus, or the two the two together is some Union Jack formula. The dominate color should be orange.

Noe of our children will be able to explain this madness to their (vaccinated) kids.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-06-25 03:57 PM | Reply

"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."

Hannah Arendt

#5 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2026-06-25 05:39 PM | Reply