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COVID: Nearly 40% of Marines have declined the vaccine - The Mercury News

COVID: Nearly 40% of Marines have declined the vaccine - The Mercury News

COVID: Nearly 40% of Marines have declined the vaccine - The Mercury News
Apr 10, 2021 42 secs

Nearly 40% of US Marines are declining Covid-19 vaccinations, according to data provided to CNN on Friday by the service, the first branch to disclose service-wide numbers on acceptance and declination.

About 48,000 Marines have chosen not to receive vaccines, for a declination rate of 38.9%.

Of 26,400 Marines who have been offered vaccinations, 15,100 have chosen not to receive them, a number that includes both II Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installation East — Camp Lejeune.

The military cannot make the vaccines mandatory now because they have only emergency use authorizations from the Food and Drug Administration, meaning service members who are required to receive a series of other vaccinations have the option of declining shots to protect against Covid-19.

For every 10 percentage point drop in the acceptance rate, that’s 220,000 individuals opting not to receive vaccines, a number potentially large enough to affect force readiness.

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