Vaccine holdouts in US military approach 40,000 even as omicron variant fuels call for boosters

The number of active-duty U.S. military personnel declining to be vaccinated against the coronavirus by their prescribed deadlines is as high as 40,000, with new Army data showing that, days ahead of its cutoff, three percent of soldiers either have rejected President Joe Biden's mandate or sought a long-shot exemption.

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