Exclusive: DoD Wouldn’t Let Troops Wait for FDA-Approved VaccineKristina Wong 27 Sep 2022
The Pentagon considered as far back as October 2021 offering service members the option of taking the FDA-approved vaccine versus the vaccine authorized for emergency use before facing any punishment, but ultimately decided against it, paving the way for thousands to be discharged from the military, according to documents obtained by Breitbart News.
A senior defense official proposed in an October 20, 2021 action memo allowing service members who did not want to take the vaccine that was under Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) — known as the PfizerBioNTech COVID-19 vaccine — to wait instead for the FDA-approved vaccine — known as Comirnaty — before facing punishment for being unvaccinated.
The action memo, digitally signed by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Readiness Policy and Oversight David J. Smith, proposed in a draft memo the following change:
If a Service member, after medical counseling, declines administration of the EUA-manufactured product, DoD health care providers should engage with their logistics chain to secure and administer the [Biologics License Application]-manufactured Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty product prior to any punitive action being taken against the Service member.
The draft memo was proposed as a replacement for one signed by then-acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Terry Adirim on September 14, 2021, which said the two vaccines were “interchangeable” and should be treated as such by the Department of Defense (DoD).
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