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(LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Army has approved a mere twenty permanent religious exemptions to mandatory COVID-19 vaccination out of 1,465 requests fully considered, and 8,000 total requests, according to data the Army released Friday.
Though several thousand of those requests have yet to be reviewed, the Daily Caller reports that the approval rate for religious exemptions so far stands at just one percent, while the approval rate for medical exemptions is only slightly higher at three percent (34 approvals out of more than 1,000 adjudicated applications).
The religious exemption process requires meeting with military chaplains to verify that the applicant is acting out of a “sincerely held belief,” as well as meeting with commanders and medical personnel. The final decision also considers “whether the person’s vaccine exemption will pose a risk to mission accomplishment, unit cohesion, the health and safety of the force, and military readiness,” the Associated Press has reported. Chaplains are often upfront with applicants
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