Wed Jan 11, 2023 – 12:28 pm EST
(LifeSiteNews) — The Pentagon has officially rescinded its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for American servicemen and servicewomen.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin sent out a memo on January 10, confirming the withdrawal of the controversial jab mandate. It had been in place since August 2021.
The memo has been highly anticipated since the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill early last December that included a provision for repealing the vaccine mandate. President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on December 23, 2022, giving Austin 30 days to revoke the vaccine mandate.
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Despite the revocation of the mandate, Austin still pushed the COVID injection in his memo, writing that “[t]he Department will continue to promote and encourage COVID-19 vaccination for all service members.”
He furthermore stated that “[v]accination enhances operational readiness and protects the force,” and claimed that the COVID shots saved many lives.
Contrary to earlier claims by American health authorities, COVID jabs do not prevent the contraction or spread of the virus. They have been implicated in thousands
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