Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says the U.S. military will no longer mandate the flu vaccine for American troops. He cited “medical autonomy” and religious freedom.
  • _druid@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    4·
    17 days ago

    “So how much are they spending on vaccines? Yeah, no, drop that significantly, we’ll get a bigger piece of the pie.” -Lockheed CEO

    • Hazor@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      For less than the individual price of some missiles, you could vaccinate the entire military. Vaccines are cheap. You could vaccinate thousands of soldiers for what it will cost to treat one who gets really sick and ends up hospitalized.

      This is absolutely not a cost-saving measure, even if you wholly disregard the costs of care after the fact.