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Jessica Glenza

Nearly 160 sick with flu at US air force base after Hegseth ends mandatory vaccines

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Pete Hegseth at a Nato meeting in Brussels on Thursday. Photograph: Omar Havana/Getty Images

An influenza outbreak has reportedly sickened more than 150 recruits in training at Lackland air force base in San Antonio, Texas.

The outbreak comes just weeks after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ended mandatory flu vaccination for the military, citing the need for bodily autonomy for servicemembers.

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