Pentagon To Try To Convince Military Vaccine Holdouts

Roll Call reports:

Facing criticism that mandates for coronavirus vaccinations could force the Defense Department to fire thousands of civilians, contractors and troops, the Biden administration is signaling that vaccine resisters may get more time to comply.

Three administration officials in the last couple of days have described the deadlines not as the dates when an axe will fall but rather as the start of an education process designed to convince those who are resisting vaccination to reverse course.

Administration officials seem to be straddling a line — sending a strict signal that the U.S. government will vaccinate its people on the one hand, while reassuring Americans that enforcement will not come so hard and fast as to harm U.S. military readiness or the broader economy.

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Biden administration officials say they will try to convince holdouts to comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Pentagon employees and contractors. https://t.co/74WpJF8oWk

— Roll Call (@rollcall) October 29, 2021