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    Lighten Up Francis!

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    38 minutes ago, Danger41 said:

    I think I’ve sang the same song a few months into deployment when I’m stuck on the middle of the night lines where absolutely nothing happens.

    Truth.  I think on this last rote I've been in exact same boat on hour 14 on the bullshit AOR round robin trash haul.

    Promotion and PRF Information

    in General Discussion

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    6 minutes ago, viper154 said:

    Well aware, U28 community did not do well on this last major board, well below the rated average. 

    Really?  That kinda surprises me given that on a day-to-day basis that community is doing its primary mission, more so I’d argue than the AC/MC/CVs are (understanding that AFSOC’s day in the sun is over and there’s a bias in the command to all things STS and C-130).  What do you think is the primary driver for the below average promotion rates?

    Monkeypox - a friendly discussion.

    in Squadron Bar

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    2 hours ago, bfargin said:

    Yeah I'm not remembering that commissioning brief where they told us we gave up every singe right by joining the military. When your "leaders" change they rules when the wind blows, I'd push back too.

    Your experience and actions deploying for Desert Storm may have been a valid tactic back then, when the Air Force less digitized and hundreds of thousands of people/dozens of squadrons bigger.  It isn't any longer.

      In my corner of the AF (can't speak for others), your immunization status is tracked via ASIMS and reported to Sq Mobility and leadership every week.  If you're overdue a shot, you get told to get it politely, once.  Then you're in the DO's office explaining why you're red on immunizations and therefore not ready for alerts or deployments.  Putting aside this recent COVID dicknannagans since this is supposedly about monkeypox, getting vaccines if you're a military member isn't a choice or negotiable based on your personal feelings; it's a condition of employment.

      I didn't particularly want to get Yellow Fever, JEV, Anthrax, Smallpox, or Rabies vaccines, but they were all required for me to deploy, they're required for me to continue serving and a lawful order, so I rolled up my sleeve and got them.  Much like PT tests, OPRs, or ancillary training, I may personally think some of them are stupid or silly but the corporation didn't ask me and doesn't give a shit about my opinion.  If I or anyone in my squadron starts to refuse vaccines, they're now non-deployable and a drag on the squadron cause we've got to find someone else to cover alerts or deployments. 

      If an individual's personal feelings/beliefs/analysis about vaccines are so strong that they refuse them, then it's time for that person to find different pastures besides military service.   

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    Monkeypox - a friendly discussion.

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    3 hours ago, Blue said:

    I don't know @Prozac.  Not sure why I'd be asking a washed up actress, congressman, or TV personality for any kind of medical advice.

    But that's besides the point.  Back in the Before Times, if the CDC made a recommendation, I could evaluate it on my own.  I could consult my doctor, my friends, my clergyman, my drinking buddies, or the monster that lives under my bed.  I could make my own decision on what to do.  I could decide to do what the CDC recommends.  I could decide to do the opposite.  I could exercise my God-given American right to sit on my ass, and take absolutely no action at all.

    Regardless of what I decided, I wouldn't face a loss of my job, being barred from local businesses, or anything of the sort.

    But, I suppose those times are long past.

      Has the US government restricted or mandated anyone or anything in reference to Monkeypox?  At this point I'm not even sure what this thread is about anymore.  This isn't the 1st time monkeypox has broken out in the US (reference the 2003 outbreak).  The government did fly some limited amounts of the smallpox vaccine to various locations and administered it to a couple dozen people post infection because it's an effective treatment.  Do you honestly believe that the US is going to mandate mass smallpox vaccination based on this?

      Your description above of your process in evaluating what vaccines you take isn't how the military works.  Are saying that for every vaccine you've received in the military, you evaluated what the CDC guidance is/was and chose to take the shot on your own?  That would've made the MEPS in-processing line or the initial deployment series real slow.  I don't know a single deployer with a vaccination record less than 3 pages long; up until this COVID drama, I'd be willing to bet that 99% of military members had no idea what was in the vaccines they took.   

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    Monkeypox - a friendly discussion.

    in Squadron Bar

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    3 minutes ago, torqued said:

    That's so ridiculous. Bill Gates is on record as saying the faster we improve health, the faster the birth rate declines.

    He's wants us all to be healthier, not more sick.

     

      The thing I found the most ridiculous is that any US media publication would reference Right Said Fred in the year of our lord 2022.  Then I felt a little embarrassed, cause I didn’t realize that Right Said Fred was actually 3 people.  Then I was confused, because I had to process the fact that 3 individuals plus an unknown number of record execs conspired to release “I’m Too Sexy” on an innocent and unsuspecting world.

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