U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III delivers remarks at the Halifax International Security Forum in Halifax on Saturday, Nov.19, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew VaughanDefense Secretary Lloyd Austin said he wants to keep the military's COVID-19 vaccine mandate in place to protect the health of the troops, as Republican governors and lawmakers press to rescind it.
This past week more than 20 Republican governors sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking that the administration remove the mandate, saying it has hurt the U.S. National Guard's ability to recruit troops. Those troops are activated by governors to respond to natural disasters or unrest. Congress may consider legislation this coming week to end the mandate as a requirement to gather enough support to pass this years' defense budget, which is already two months late."We lost a million people to this virus," Austin told reporters travelling with him Saturday. "A million people died in the United States of America. We lost hundreds in DOD. So this mandate has kept people healthy.
"I'm the guy" who ordered the military to require the vaccine, Austin added. "I support continuation of vaccinating the troops." Last year Austin directed that all troops get the vaccine or face potential expulsion from the military; thousands of active duty forces have been discharged since then for their refusal to get the shots.
He wants them sick the injuries from it are undeniable this is very bad for military .
No defense...NO DEFENSE!
It is injuring people there is studies tgat show this
Does he know that the Pfizer CEO said that the vaccine didn’t stop the spread of the virus?
Ridiculous
Impeach!
Shut up!!!!!
Amazing that people in such positions of power are incapable of researching things on their own and making policy decisions based on data. The vaccines aren't making anyone safer. We all know it
Ugh. Not protecting anyone.
Nope they should sue him
We don’t need a military anyway
If he had any balls or was a true leader he would realize this was hurting his nations ability to defend itself
Prison
To kill American soldiers and weaken the military so that China can walk in and take the west coast - that is HIGH TREASON! When Trump wins 2024, I pray he rounds them all up
Good luck fighting China and Russia with all those blood clots
How are we still playing this game? We know that the covid “vaccine” does nothing to stop the contraction or spread of covid.
Cool, lift legal immunity from vaccine injury.
He needs to be fired immediately.
It's great news that politicians will be fighting that war! Un v stay loyal
Time to DefundCTV
He would… 🙄
1. He only wants his soldiers to catch COVID from vaccinated people like himself or Biden or Fauci or Trudeau. He thinks the vaccinated infected people are superior. 2. This is an easy way to maintain ideological conformity in the military.
This is how they weed out the ones who are not sheep.
Of course they are working so great
Sickening. All death mortality rate sky rockets everywhere…what dropped on the population that was a medical experiment? What was it?!! The truth is coming out and CTV will go down… 👋🏻🤡’s
STOP THE SHOTS. The COVID jabs were designed for old variants, and were never effective in the first place! This is INSANITY.
Keep pushing the narrative ! Soon you will realize your destroying Canada
Gross.
There's already 17 mandatory shots required. This one is an issue. What a joke.
On the other hand 🤚
Except the courts ruled against them
I can't even CTV anymore.
Because…?
Useless and armful. The army will be depleted, one by one. Enemies will be happy.
Good.
Good for him.... Meanwhile in Canada.......
Scum
The 3 yr cold that never ends..mutates then doesn't...does then doesn't. So CTV can u tell me what strain of Covid 19 are we dealing with now? I am really confused..Delta? Omicron? Or the original one? I mean your the Holly grail of news pls clarify
Facist!!
FakeNews catering to Woke
He wants to purge the military of anybody who has sympathies to the libertarian wing of the Republican Party
The enemy is already within and taken control. Nothing treasonous to see here
This clown should have resigned after Afghanistan.
Whyyyyyyyyyyy
Fire this Jackass!!!
Goof
This is scary, worse than Putin
Idiot
Obviously
🤔 More of the Covid stuff. 😒
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