More than 11,000 members of the Air National Guard and Reserve did not meet Thursday's deadline to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and could begin to face consequences if they don't get the mandated shots or receive an exemption.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, left, arrives to meet with South Korean Defense Minister Suh Wook, in the 53rd Security Consultative Meeting at the Ministry of National Defense in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. WASHINGTON — More than 6% of the Air National Guard and Reserve did not meet the deadline to get the COVID-19 vaccine, and could begin to face consequences if they don't get the mandated shots or receive an exemption, the Air Force said Friday.
The Air Force said roughly 11,000 troops did not get the vaccine by the deadline Thursday. There are about 107,000 Air Guard members and 68,000 in the Reserves, and about 3,500 of the unvaccinated have received medical or administrative exemptions. The unvaccinated total, however, could be a bit lower than the data show so far.
According to data released Friday by the Air Force, about 91.5% of the Guard and the same ratio of the Reserves have been vaccinated as of the deadline on Thursday. More than 5,800 of those who are unvaccinated are seeking a religious exemption, and those are in process. So far the service has not approved any religions exemptions. A bit more than 2,100 have officially refused the shots.
The Air Force deadline for its Guard members is the first. Army National Guard members have until next June to get vaccines, largely due to the much greater size of the force, which is spread out all around the country and may not go to major bases or installations as frequently as Air Guard members do.Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has made it clear that the vaccine is mandatory for the nation's Guard troops.
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