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A 25-Year-Old Air Force Recruit Died from the Flu. The Blood is on Pete Hegseth's Hands.
It took less than two months for the DOD to go back to mandating flu vaccines for new recruits, but someone died all the same.
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E! Online
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Related coverage for "A 25-Year-Old Air Force Recruit Died from the Flu. The Blood is on Pete Hegseth's Hands.": E! Online — NFL Alum Chris Johnson Details Getting ALS Diagnosis at 39. KSAT San Antonio — What we know about the flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Fark — Hellooooooooooooo Scab Nurse, Goodbyyyyyyeeee Striking Nurse [Followup]. Us Weekly — NFL Alum Chris Johnson Thanks ‘Caregiver’ Wife Brittany Amid ALS Diagnosis. The Hill — Medics responded to report of ‘cardiac arrest’ at McConnell’s home on day he was hospitalized. Off The Press — Last US polio survivor in iron lung dies after machine breaks down