Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rescinded the flu vaccine requirement in April, and in May influenza began spreading at Lackland, which is the hub of Air Force basic training, graduating 35,000 airmen every year.

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        And any vulnerable bystanders who can’t be vaccinated and depend on herd immunity.

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        I hate to say it, but yeah… I know this smells of eugenetics, but getting stupid out of the gene-pool is not necessarily a bad thing…

        Watch the first 5 minutes of the movie “Idiocracy” for a great example of why…

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          The thing is, stupid isn’t a gene thing. A set of intelligent parents can have moronic offspring and dumb ones can have intelligent kids. That’s why so many people break through the indoctrination despite their parents best efforts.