Emma Olivia
WASHINGTON (AP) Nearly 8,500 supple faithfulness members of the Air Force and Space Force have missed the deadline for getting COVID-19 vaccinations, including 800 who flatly refused and virtually 5,000 gone pending requests for a religious exemption, the Air Force said Wednesday.
The Air Force said that of the 326,000 nimble commitment members of the Air Force and Space Force, 95.9 percent are thoroughly vaccinated and 96.9 percent have gotten at least one shot.
A vaccinated force is a protected force, bigger well-ventilated to deploy and to defend our interests anywhere at any era, said Ann Stefanik, an Air Force spokeswoman. Receiving the COVID-19 vaccine is a severe requirement to save our people safe and healthy. This is a readiness issue.
Tuesday was the Air Force deadline for all sprightly adherence members to make a get of vaccinations. The Air Force deadline was the first of all the military facilities, providing an initial glimpse into how Americas military will handle the mandate.
The Air Force said 8,486 facilitate members had not been vaccinated as of Tuesday. Of that sum, 800 had verbally refused. Another 2,753 had not started the vaccination process for reasons not cited in the Air Force flyer, and 4,933 have pending requests for exemption happening for the order of religious grounds.
The Air Force said that by Dec. 2 it would precise its review of requests for medical and religious exemptions. Thus far afield away, a quantity of 1,866 requests for medical or administrative exemptions have been ascribed. It said zero requests for religious exemptions have been qualified.
This sets thousands of disciplinary activities in leisure quarrel and sets the stage for exemption events that could drag as soon as hint to for weeks.
The vaccination deadline for the Air Guard and Reserve is Dec. 2.
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