Pentagon Has Given Zero Religious Vax Exemptions

The Associated Press reports:

More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions, and so far they are having zero success. That total lack of approvals is creating new tensions within the military, even as the vast majority of the armed forces have gotten vaccinated.

The services, urgently trying to keep the coronavirus pandemic in check by getting troops vaccinated, are now besieged with exemption requests they are unlikely to approve. Meanwhile, troops claiming religious reasons for avoiding the shots are perplexed because exemptions are theoretically available, yet seem impossible to obtain.

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More than 12,000 military service members refusing the COVID-19 vaccine are seeking religious exemptions. Not a single one has been granted. That’s raising tensions in the military, even as the vast majority of the armed forces have been vaccinated. https://t.co/rj2NUkZiya

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 19, 2021