Opinion by Paul Waldman: Democrats, don’t cave to Republicans on military vaccinations
The Republican demand is willfully ignorant not just of the military’s vaccination policy but also of its entire ethos. “No servicemember should have to choose between serving our country and a shot,”must be vaccinated
You’ll also have to have periodic boosters as necessary, and depending on where you’re deployed, you might need to get additional vaccines. There are narrow medical and religious exceptions that require extensive administrative review in order to be granted, but you don’t get to say, “I don’t want this vaccine, because this guy I watch on YouTube said Bill Gates put a microchip in it.
The political case for Democrats standing up to Republicans is even clearer. Instead of negotiating over this question, Democrats can employ this one weird trick:This would not require the execution of some intricate four-dimensional political strategy. Democrats’ message should be simple: We’re ready to pass the military spending bill. If Republicans want to vote against it, they should go right ahead.
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