A recent settlement protecting Navy sailors from being negatively affected by COVID-19 policies in the future is the latest example of how the consequences of the pandemic are still unfolding—specifically in terms of how the military dealt with it.
An estimated “80,000 to 100,000 service members—both active-duty and reservists … were impacted by the mandate,” Breitbart reported.
As retired Army Maj. Chase Spears said, many service members began to wonder if “those who made such un-American policy decisions can be trusted going forward.”
Reportedly, over “8,400 troops were kicked out of the military for refusing [a COVID-19] vaccine,” which became a requirement for all service members under the Biden administration’s Defense Department in August 2021. Despite the consequences, many in the military continued to fight against the vaccine…