Hegseth ended the mandatory flu vaccination requirement for military personnel in April this year. After that, only about 40% of Air Force trainees chose to get vaccinated. Now, an influenza outbreak has erupted at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in Texas, resulting in nearly 160 military personnel falling ill. This is an Air Force basic military training unit where new recruits live and eat together. A trainee who was undergoing the sixth week of basic training died last week due to illness, though it remains unclear whether the cause was influenza. Since then, the U.S. Air Force has reinstated the vaccine requirement at the base.
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