. (Tribune News Service) In an Facebook Live town hhall, the commander of the 62nd Airlift Wing, Col. Erin Staine-Pyne, said about 40% of the population of McChord Field has taken the COVID-19 vaccine. Staine-Pyne said the 62nd Airlift Wing, the active-duty Air Force component at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, has seen a few recent outbreaks but that they ve been well-managed. Active-duty service members, designated as mission-essential personnel, became eligible to receive the vaccine at Madigan Army Medical Center in early February. A spokesperson for I Corps said they could not release information about how many soldiers at JBLM have taken the vaccine due to instruction from the Department of Defense.
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