Nearly 40% of Marines have so far declined to receive a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus
Nearly 40% of Marines have so far declined to receive a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus
Yelena DzhanovaApr 11, 2021, 00:01 IST
Reconnaissance Marines with the Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit cut through a metal plate during a simulated visit, board, search, and seizure (VBSS) mission aboard dock landing ship USS Germantown, September 6, 2020.US Marine Corps/Sgt. Danny Gonzalez
Out of the 123,500
Marines who have been offered a
coronavirus vaccine, about 48,000 said no.
About 102,000 US Marines have yet to be offered a vaccine against the coronavirus, CNN reported.
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US Marine Corps/Sgt. Danny Gonzalez
Out of the 123,500 Marines who have been offered a coronavirus vaccine, about 48,000 said no.
About 102,000 US Marines have yet to be offered a vaccine against the coronavirus, CNN reported.
About 19% of the US population has already been fully vaccinated, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
A large number of US Marines are choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccination, CNN reported.
About 40% of Marines who have been offered a shot, or 48,000, have so far declined a vaccine to protect against the coronavirus. Of the 123,500 Marines who have been offered a vaccine, about 75,500 agreed to get one, according to data obtained by CNN.
Out of all the Marines offered shots so far, 38.9 percent are saying no.
Nearly 40 percent of US Marines are declining COVID-19 vaccinations, according to a new report.
Some 75,500 Marines have received vaccine shots, CNN reported Friday. But 48,000 other Marines have turned the shots down. That means that out of all the Marines offered shots so far, 38.9 percent are saying no.
Another 102,000 Marines have not yet been offered vaccines. These stats are even more grim than reports from February suggesting that overall, about a third of military personnel are declining to be vaccinated.
Back then, Air Force Maj. Gen. Jeff Taliaferro, the Joint Staff s vice director for operations, told a congressional panel soldiers need education to help them understand the benefits of the vaccine.