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40 percent of Marines turned down the coronavirus vaccine
According to data, forty percent of marines take the coronavirus vaccine acquired by CNN.
There was a drop rate of 38.9 percent, but the Marines provided information to individuals to encourage them to get the vaccine.
“The Navy and Marine Corps provide comprehensive educational information and work with missions to ensure that Marines, sailors and beneficiaries have accurate information on the safety and effectiveness of vaccinations to encourage individuals to be immunized, ‘ Capt. Andrew Wood, a spokesman for the Marines, said in a statement to The Hill.
The data showed this 75,500 marines received the vaccine and 48,000 turned it down. Overall, the acceptance rate is 61.1 percent.
The numbers for the data include reserves, active service and individual mobilization marines, according to CNN.
Wood said the Marines mostly include ‘young and healthy individuals’ and that there are several reasons why they may reject the vaccine.
” A person, for example, delayed until later to allow others to get the vaccine, they may have received the vaccine on their own and not through military channels, they may not be available for a second dose in the prescribed period for the vaccines. “requiring two doses, they can expect the vaccine to become binding and wait until then, or they may be allergic to one of the compounds in the vaccine,” Wood said.
The military previously estimated that 66 percent would accept the coronavirus vaccine, according to CNN. Wood said any person who originally declined the vaccine could change plans and receive it.
“We continue to make the vaccine available to marines, sailors, civilians, contractors and authorized beneficiaries based on the prioritization schedule set out in the [Department of Defense] population scheme, ‘Wood said.
Since the vaccines are only authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, the military can not require service members to be vaccinated.
The data showed that Camp Lejeune in North Carolina had a 57 percent drop rate for the vaccine.
““We fully understand that wide acceptance of the COVID-19 vaccine offers us the best way to defeat this pandemic,” Wood said.
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