Military to get mandatory swine flu shots

"They will, as a percentage of the population, be vaccinated more rapidly than many of us. So we may see some objective results, good or not, of the vaccinations."

Originally posted by Erasurehead
That last line is just chilling. They are being used as lab rats.

"They will, as a percentage of the population, be vaccinated more rapidly than many of us. So we may see some objective results, good or not, of the vaccinations."

I am glad I am out of the military.

Originally posted by jd140
I knew months ago that this was going to happen, do did everyone else who is in the military.

We already have numerous shots that are mandatory, this is just one more. If you don't want to get it then you just need to find a buddy who gives the shots and marks them in your records.

Have him pencil whip your med records and you don't get the shot. I haven't had a mandatory shot in 6 years.

Originally posted by jd140
reply to post by LadySkadi

 

Did you want him to sugar coat it?

We are going to be the first mass population to get it. Which means that a mass side effect will show in us and will be documented and tweaked.

Look he is military and anyone who has been in the military more then 4 years knows that you learn to say as little as possible and still get your point across.

I rather him tell me straight to up instead of acting like I have kerosene rags tied to my ankles to keep the ants from climbing my leg and eating my candy ass.

Originally posted by jd140
I knew months ago that this was going to happen, do did everyone else who is in the military.

We already have numerous shots that are mandatory, this is just one more. If you don't want to get it then you just need to find a buddy who gives the shots and marks them in your records.

Have him pencil whip your med records and you don't get the shot. I haven't had a mandatory shot in 6 years.

The Canadian Forces reserves the right to order its soldiers deployed in Afghanistan to take the vaccine meant to prevent swine flu, says the military's surgeon general.

But Commodore Hans Jung said it would be an order of last resort that will need to be studied to ensure it doesn't violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Just how far the military can go in ordering illness-prevention measures is a sensitive topic given the bruising legal fights almost a decade ago over anthrax injections.

The current plan is to make the H1N1 vaccine, expected to be available in November, voluntary for soldiers, sailors and aircrew throughout the Canadian Forces, including those on duty in Kandahar and elsewhere around the world.

But the nightmare scenario of an army laid up with the flu isn't far from minds of commanders.

"The option of mandatory (injections) is a hip-pocket issue. It's a card that would be played in a truly dire circumstances," Jung said in a recent interview with The Canadian Press.

"We're going to be strongly recommending that everybody take the vaccine offered. Obviously depending on how the pandemic evolves in Canada and around the world, the government and the military may have to think about" ordering soldiers to take it.

Originally posted by Miraj
reply to post by LadySkadi

 

This is the way the military members are treated. Sickening isn't it?

Lets not forget how they used soldiers to test the longer ranger effects of an atom bomb.

Originally posted by jd140
reply to post by antmax21

 

We are not a government employee.

We belong to the government. [/quote\

LOL..Well that sums it up for me. Thus why I would never join during dire times.