This could get interesting. A significant number of military folks have so far rejected the jab. If it becomes "mandatory", what do they do? Officers can "resign their commission", but non-officers cannot do the same. (I suspect the non-compliant could be dishonorably discharged... maybe serve some brig-time also. Note... being dishonorably discharged from the military could have a catastrophic impact on one's future employment and career.) https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/p...-servce-members-immediately-get-covid-vaccine
The miltiary, unlike civilian federal employees, have literally no recourse, no grounds to sue, no standing to sue and already agreed to accept all vaccinations (they already take a boatload of weird vaxes) when they enlisted or were commissioned. I anticipate that they will be reprimanded under Article 15 and given another chance to take the vax. If they continue to refuse I expect they will be discharged with a General Discharge.
When you enter the military most of your rights are abandoned. Shit, I had so many of those gun shot needles stuck in me I lost count. Mandatory vaccinations are the least of their worries. Incompetent and indifferent leadership is something to worry about. Being played for a fool while the boyz at the Pentagon play war is the biggest concern for the average troop.
I have a shot record that unfolds about 4 feet long. That yellow shot record they gave us in boot. I'm on my second one lol. So I already have every weird vax that existed at the time. They used an air gun... literally injecting you with a high psi squirt through your skin, no needle. It was unpleasant. It was even more unpleasant when a technician accidently shot one through my t-shirt giving me cotton blood poisoning. Boot ain't real pleasant when you are healthy so its a special kind of misery when you are sick.
Yeah I think all were actual vaccines, like dead virus etc made with eggs. Yellow fever, Dengue and so many I can't remember. The Typhoid shot site hurt for weeks. Later in life I had to work occasionally in S.America and got a fresh round of all the tropical shots. I even had a prescription for hydroxychloroquine for awhile but didn't take it after the first week or two. People in those areas drink gin and Indian Tonic Water which has about the same effect. I'm vaxed. Not really happy about it but my life requires the occasional interaction with civilization. Once in awhile I have to take a commercial flight. Once in awhile I have to enter a government facility. My doctor thought I should as well. Those were the only factors I considered. I'm definitely not telling anyone to vax or not vax. It should be a personal medical decision. I don't think we should force the vax or shame people either way.
You realize that many of the earlier vaccines never went through an FDA approval process whatsoever. Today's vaccines with FDA approval and oversight with a clear data submission and approval process are much safer than earlier vaccines. Take a look at the smallpox vaccine and tell us how it can be considered safer than vaccines created in the past 20 years.
The amount of hydroxychloroquine needed to cure anything is large, you need to drink thousands of liters of tonic at once to get the effect. And even going slightly over the limit is deadly. Please do some basic research.
It wasn't for COVID, it was for malaria. Hydroxychloroquine is prophylactic with respect to malaria, not curative, and is taken in very small doses for that purpose. Before you post its a good idea to read the thread. Just sayin.
I'm aware you were talking about malaria. The amount of quinine British soldiers in India used to take was dozens of times larger than in any modern tonic drink. The tiny doses in tonic water do absolutely nothing to malaria. It's simply a historical leftover, saying this as a big fan of tonic myself. "...for those interested, is according to Meshnick’s chapter in “Malaria: Parasite Biology, Pathogenesis and Protection (1998, ed Sherman) that modern tonic water contains 15mg/L quinine, and so has little antimalarial effect. However, Meshnick also mentions that drinking a glass of a decoction of Cinchona bark (made by soaking the bark in brandy or gin for 5 or 6 days) two or three times a day would have provided at least 1-2g quinine per day. Meshnick says that this would have protected against malaria. Therefore, consuming 67 litres of tonic water would provide 1g quinine. That means a lot of G&T’s, and there are definitely easier ways to prevent malaria."