Defense Department Pulls a Bait and Switch on Vaccines

If a soldier goes to a military hospital or a private provider to receive an approved Pfizer COVID vaccine, he will be administered the unapproved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Coerced, it’s illegal. 

In the memo, Secretary Austin issued a directive and a promise, that "Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 will only use COVID-19 vaccines that receive full licensure from the Food and Drug Administration, in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance." The problem with this is that the Comirnaty vaccine product is not available anywhere in the Military Health System.

If a soldier goes to a military hospital or a private provider to receive an approved Pfizer COVID vaccine, he will be administered the unapproved Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

Given Secretary Austin's order that "Mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 will only use COVID-19 vaccines that receive full licensure from the Food and Drug Administration, in accordance with FDA-approved labeling and guidance," any disciplinary or terminative action taken against service members for refusing a COVID vaccine is blatantly illegal, as the mandate only applies to the FDA-approved Comirnaty vaccine and not to any of the unapproved COVID vaccines-the only ones that are available.

The Department of Defense is telling service members that they are receiving an approved vaccine.

The Secretary of Defense's memo also clearly states that the vaccine mandate will be "Implemented consistent with DoD Instruction 6205.02, 'DoD Immunization Program,' July 23, 2019. The Military Departments should use existing policies and procedures to manage mandatory vaccination of Service members to the extent practicable. Mandatory vaccination of Service members will be subject to any identified contraindications and any administrative or other exemptions established in Military Department policy."

All military services allow for religious accommodations to vaccines and other military requirements and restrictions according to the regulation of that particular service.

To date, thousands of requests for religious accommodations relating to the COVID vaccine mandate policy have been requested and to date neither I nor my military sources have been able to find a single service member who has had his or hers accepted.

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