Nearly 40% of the 123,000 Marines who have had the chance to receive the vaccine for the illness caused by the coronavirus have turned it down, according to force-wide data obtained by Military.com.
About 75,500 Marines are fully or partially vaccinated against COVID-19, which has killed almost 3 million people worldwide, including two dozen U.S. troops. Another 48,000 Marines who ve been given the chance to take one of the vaccinations, which medical experts say significantly decrease the likelihood one will die or require hospitalization from the disease, have declined it, Marine Corps data shows.
The Marine Corps is the first military service to release detailed data, first reported by CNN, on the take-rate for vaccinations offered to uniformed personnel. The Defense Department is not currently allowed to require the shots without consent since the vaccines are currently under an emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration.
BPR s Matt Bush speaks with Asheville Citizen-Times reporter Joel Burgess.
Asheville City Council held its annual retreat earlier this month at Harrah s Cherokee Center Asheville. The whole event was open to the public, only after a lawsuit that was filed by five media outlets - Mountain Xpress, Asheville Citizen-Times, Blue Ridge Public Radio, Carolina Public Press, and AVL Watchdog. After a Buncombe County judge ruled the entire retreat had to be open to the public, the city canceled the live stream of it, promising to post the entire video of the event to its YouTube channel a few days later. It eventually backtracked and live streamed most of the event after public feedback.
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