US Military and veterans struggle with vaccination rates in their ranks

Friday, 2 July 2021Newsdesk

Denis McDonough, the secretary of veterans affairs, said this week that he was considering a move to compel workers at VA hospitals to get vaccinated, fearing that centers with low vaccination rates were risking the health of veterans seeking care. The military is also struggling to fully vaccinate more troops across all service branches. While the Army and Navy are outpacing the civilian population in vaccine uptake, the Air Force and the Marine Corps have faced greater challenges. About 68% of active-duty members have had at least one dose, officials said.

New Delhi, 02 July 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express, President Joe Biden could legally require members of the military to get vaccinated, but he has declined to exercise that power even as the highly contagious Delta variant has become an increasing threat to unvaccinated Americans. “The Delta variant poses a threat to that return to normal,” Dr. Terry Adirim, the acting assistant secretary of defense for health affairs, said this week. “We are particularly concerned with the impact of the Delta variant on our unvaccinated or partially vaccinated population and its potential spread at installations that are located in parts of the country with low vaccination rates.”

Source - The Indian Express
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