That helps explain why the vast majority of service members — more than 97% of active-duty forces — have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The holdouts also include officers and service members who are close to retirement and run the risk of losing their pensions. But some service members said officers were already pressuring them to get vaccinated. Service members at bases around the country began lining up at clinics and in gymnasiums for their shots. As for what will happen to the unvaccinated service members, the military is still figuring it out.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 05, 2022 18:02 UTC