DailyKenn.com — Nearly 40 percent of U.S. Marines refused to be injected with the covid-19 vaccine, according to cnn.com.
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About 75,500 Marines received vaccines. Another 48,000, or 38.9 percent, declined the vaccine.
Democratic lawmakers pressed for Joe Biden to make vaccines mandatory for all military personnel.
Another 102,000 Marines have not yet been offered the vaccines. The total number of Marines includes active-duty, reserves and Individual Mobilization Augmentee Marines.
The declination rate at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, one of the prominent Marine Corps bases, was far higher, at 57%, according to another set of data provided to CNN. Of 26,400 Marines who have been offered vaccinations, 15,100 have chosen not to receive them, a number that includes both II Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installation East -- Camp Lejeune. Another 11,500 active-duty Marines are scheduled to be offered the vaccines.