Note: He’s a guy who refuses to so much as wash his hands
Modern influenza originated in Kansas, and was spread significantly by US troop deployments in WWI. It also killed tens of thousands of US soliders
Edit: now points to AP and not CBS.
“Freedom shots” are still fine though 🥃🥃🥃
Imagine a 5000 person aircraft carrier crew fighting the flu while trying to work.
Maybe a dumb question and I don’t know how the military works, but can they commander of the Sub or Carrier mandate it?
We won’t have to imagine for long. Don’t let your dreams be dreams
Don’t forget about the nuclear subs.
Well there was that time an aircraft carrier was taken off the line because of rona, so not too hard to imagine how it would go.
Also the whole “man flu” thing is actually real. Testosterone has been shown to weaken parts of the immune system - https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5075254/
Even just cruise ships, which are much less crowded, get ravaged by things like norovirus. Navy ships are packed with shit and people
Ugh, I don’t even want to imagine what it’s like being on a cruise ship full of norovirus.
While I am not a big fan of sailing and such, I am one of those rare assholes that absolutely doesn’t get sea sick. That said, being surrounded by vomit and shit everywhere would probably be enough to overcome that mild superpower.
Much like this administration is packed with shit people.
I hear going to war with a sick army is a great idea.
I don’t need to imagine it cuz I’m not stupid enough to serve the U.S. military.
Sounds like a them problem.
Ship crud is just a fact of life, perpetually not quite sick not quite well while your stuck on them. It wouldn’t make much difference
Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake.
“because your body, your faith and your convictions are not negotiable.”
LOL fucking assholes.
what was roe vs wade again
George Washington inoculated the army against smallpox in the revolutionary war.
These idiots don’t realize vaccinating the military is as American as it gets.
Well yeah but that only affected women.
Except your exposure to burn pits.
It’s kind of crazy how they just continually do the worst possible thing and in the worst possible way. Always. Even basic common sense shit like we shouldn’t let the flu decimate our military overnight. Even fucking George Washington required soldiers to be innoculared for smallpox. Just regression, bigotry, stupidity, and corruption at every single turn. Giving broken clocks a good look.
Frustrating waiting for people to realize it’s all intentional.
Decimate would be by 1/10th.
To reduce by 1/10th, yes.
I’m telling you it’s going to convert me to believing in the antichrist. Every single time they pick the worst idea.
Imagine for a moment, that we were living in some crazy mirror-universe, where the regime’s explicit goal was to sabotage America’s capacity to project its will into the larger world.
In that scenario, what would we expect Hegseth to do differently?
Look, get your vaccine! It’s, at worst, a waste of time. At best, saves your life.
That said, I went over 15 years never getting one and never ever got the flu. I even worked in pre-clinical pharmacy research for over a decade and know how it all works. I only recently started getting it again because I have a kid and I want to protect our family and be a better citizen to my community.
You probably got it. It was just mild enough or resembled a cold enough that you blew it off as something else.
Look at the nasal mist vaccines for your kid. Slightly less protection, but no needle. And you can get them by mail order and administer at home so that you don’t need to organize an outing around the vaccine
From that 2019 article:
Fox News host Pete Hegseth has said on air that he has not washed his hands for 10 years because “germs are not a real thing”.
Speaking on Fox and Friends, Hegseth said the infectious micro-organisms did not exist because they could not be seen with the naked eye.
This is a man who attended more than one very expensive university and didn’t learn a thing, then said this idiocy, immediately after which the world was hit by a pandemic, and again Hegseth didn’t learn a thing. The guy must be terminally stupid.
Anyway, if you ever have the misfortune to meet Pete Hegseth, don’t shake his shit-covered hand. Although he probably doesn’t believe in wiping his ass or showering either. After all, a dirty butthole isn’t real because you can’t see it without using one of these new-fangled “mirror” gadgets.
The guy must be terminally stupid.
I think the preferred term is “Proudly Ignorant”
Wilful ignorance was a key element in Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s theory of stupidity. It was the aggressive resistance to learning that he thought made the stupid person especially dangerous. And we see this characteristic in Trump, his sycophants like Hegseth, and his followers.
100%
This is strategically moronic.
pete has the IQ of a potted palm.
But not the plant, just the pot
Reminds me of that Golden Girls episode where Sofia refers to mistaking two potted palms for the bathroom.
Well, that’s very fucking stupid.
Like giving Hegseth an axe.
The stupid drunk is listening to the nutter, RFK.
Alternative to CBS.
Edit: Switched source to AP original per reply.
Original Associated Press article instead of the syndication to the Connecticut Post.
A weaker U.S. military.
Probably a win for the world as a whole.
Shouldn’t this fall into the category of not telling the enemy your strategy or weaknesses? Pete’s not very bright.
George Washington wished he could have had an easy vaccination solution like the military has today. Pete doesn’t understand that historically disease often killed more troops than enemy attacks. Good defense starts with a healthy, immune fighting force.
