Three cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy who refused to take the COVID-19 vaccine won’t be commissioned as military officers, though they will graduate with bachelor’s degrees.
A fourth cadet refused the vaccine until about a week ago but decided to get vaccinated, so that cadet will graduate and become an Air Force officer.
As of Saturday, the Air Force is the only military academy where cadets aren’t being commissioned because they refused to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, the AP reported. The Air Force graduation ceremony is Wednesday in Colorado. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is scheduled to be the speaker. Until the COVID-19 vaccine, few military members have requested religious exemptions to any vaccines, the AP reported. For decades, troops have been required to get up to 17 vaccines to stop diseases, especially when deploying overseas to countries with severe outbreaks or endemic transmission of viruses that aren’t typically in the U.S.
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