“Risk Against Strength”: US Army to release soldiers who rejected Covid Jab

WASHINGTON: The US Army announced Wednesday, it would begin to issue soldiers who refused to comply with compulsory Covid-19 vaccination rules.
“The soldiers who are not vaccinated bring risks to strength and endanger readiness,” said Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth in a statement.

“We will begin an accidental separation process for soldiers who reject vaccine orders and not wait for the final decision about the exception.”

More than 3,000 soldiers can be issued, according to the statement. The Army has 482,000 active task personnel at the end of 2021.

On January 26, six high-ranking officers – including two commanders of the battalion – had been removed from their positions because they refused to be vaccinated against Covid-19.

The army has published a written “reprimand” to 3,073 soldiers who also refused to get vaccination.

The US Navy announced in mid-October that personnel who rejected vaccination against Covid-19 would be expelled from strength.

It has been very sensitive to a pandemic because of the risk that a single covid case can infect the entire ship or submarine in the sea, forcing it out of action.

In a press release on Wednesday, the Navy said that around 8,000 active task members and backup services remained unclear, and until now, 118 people had been dismissed for rejecting the vaccine.

The previous Marine Corps said it had expired more than 300.

About 97 percent of the 1.4 million active US military personnel have received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, according to the Pentagon.