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Leopards Ate My Face

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As of Tuesday, at least 222 recruits at Lackland Air Force Base, part of Joint Base San Antonio, had been diagnosed with the flu and four had been hospitalized, the two people familiar with the matter told ABC News.

This marks a sharp increase from the 159 cases and two hospitalizations reported last week. The death of one recruit remains under investigation, though it is not yet clear whether it is tied to the outbreak, the sources said.

The outbreak is unfolding just two months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made the annual flu shot optional for troops, scrapping the military's requirement for it, which dates to 1945, a move breaking with longstanding public health directives.

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[–] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

If this continues apace, MAGA might inadvertently increase the IQ of the general population.

[–] tonytins@pawb.social 48 points 4 days ago
[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I hope a drunken Pete Hegseth gets some form of super flu.

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Oh, I'm sure he's fully vaccinated. All the people against vaccines pretty much are.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

and fully drunk.

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Ahh good point.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

he has enough alcohol in his blood to neutralize the flu.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

One of my friends works for Lackland, and "self-made pandemic" sounds about right.

Piss Pot Pete strikes again.

[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Make a sentence using the following words: Door, bolted, horse, closing, after.

after the door bolted, the i closed the horse.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"I bolted the door after closing the horse"

I'm not sure what point you're making, though.

eeeeee we independently came up with very similar sentences

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

especially since new flu strains is more severe in young people in close quarters than in older people or people who had alot of flu infections.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

dude don't tell me this my wife works with the littles and i teach music

[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] spinne@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"I'm sorry, additional flu shots aren't covered. You get one per season."

"I said, 'Hit me again'!!"

“I’m sorry, additional flu shots aren’t covered. You get one per season.”

YEAH AND I GOT OREGANO, PARSLEY, A GROUPON FOR SEASONED SALT, LOOK DON'T MAKE ME CALL DOCTOR HORSEPASTE

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 days ago

I bolted the horse after closing the door

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 days ago

The age of "dum".

[–] Bloomcole@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago