U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Emily Pierce, left, from Bremerton, Washington, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Information Systems Technician 1st Class Correy Bushman, from Rochester, Minnesota, assigned to the John C. Stennis, during a Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic led vaccination effort in conjunction with Naval Medical Center Portsmouth. US Navy Photo
The Navy has 97 percent of its active-duty sailors fully...
Navy Installations Command Force Master Chief Greg A. Vidaurri receives his second COVID-19 vaccine at Branch Health Clinic Washington Navy Yard, on Feb. 16, 2021. US Navy Photo
The Navy has so far approved five exemptions for the required COVID-19 vaccination — all medical, a Navy official told USNI News.
The service has approved five permanent medical exemptions for the COVID-19 vaccine so far, said Navy spokesperson Lt. Cmdr. Andrew DeGarmo. No one has been separated or discharged, as of Nov....
Marine Sgt Maj. James Robertson, the sergeant major of Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Cherry Point receives the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at MCAS Cherry Point, North Carolina, on Dec. 23, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo
All active-duty Marines will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 28 or face separation, according to new guidance from the Marine Corps.
The Marine Corps guidance, signed Saturday and released by Lt. Gen. D.J. Furness, deputy commandant, plans, policies and...
https://news.usni.org/2021/10/25/marines-face-separation-if-not-fully-vaccinated-by-end-of-november
The following is the Aug. 24, 2021, Defense Department memorandum directing mandatory vaccinations of U.S. service members against COVID-19.
From the memo
Aug. 24, 2021
MEMORANDUM FOR SENIOR PENTAGON LEADERSHIP COMMANDERS OF THE COMBAT ANT COMMANDS DEFENSE AGENCY AND DOD FIELD ACTIVITY DIRECTORS
SUBJECT: Mandatory Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccination of Department of Defense Service Members
To defend this Nation, we need a healthy and ready force. After careful consultation with medical experts...
The following is the Aug. 9, 2021 memo to the Department of Defense employees on the timeline to make COVID-19 vaccines mandatory for all military and DoD employees.
MEMORANDUM FOR ALL DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EMPLOYEES
SUBJECT: Message to the Force
Aug. 09, 2021
As many of you know, President Biden asked me to consider how and when we might add the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines to the list of those required for all Service members. So, over the last week, I have consulted closely with...
https://news.usni.org/2021/08/09/secdef-memo-on-covid-19-vaccine-dod-mandate
A higher-than-expected number of young men have experienced heart inflammation after their second dose of the mRNA COVID-19 shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, reports CNN quoting a statement from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC says the reports of the ailment are “rare” and that “most patients who received care responded well to medicine and rest and quickly felt better.”
Investigation of heart inflammation casesThe CDC and other health regulators have been...
https://mfame.guru/cdc-decodes-link-between-covid-vaccination-cardiac-illness/
People who have been vaccinated against coronavirus, if they do become infected, have milder Covid-19 illness than unvaccinated people, reports CNN quoting a new US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study.
Vaccinated people safer!The ongoing, real-life study also shows even partially vaccinated people are 81% less likely to become infected than unvaccinated people, the CDC team reported.
The study of more than 3,900 health care staff, first responders and other frontline essential...
https://mfame.guru/vaccinated-people-have-milder-breakthrough-infections-says-cdc/
A single dose of a coronavirus vaccine can reduce household transmission of the virus by up to half, a study shows, reports BBC.
Get...https://mfame.guru/one-dose-of-covid-19-vaccination-can-reduce-transmission/
Just in time for warmer weather, fully vaccinated Americans can now safely enjoy more pre-pandemic activities without a mask, according to new guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, reports CNN.
The CDC defines fully vaccinated people as those who are at least two weeks past their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccines, or at least two...
https://mfame.guru/hesitancy-derails-covid-19-vaccine-progress-in-us/
