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Vaccine mandates a good bellwether

Vaccine mandates a good bellwether

To the Editor:

Cops threatening to quit over vaccine mandates is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reform police departments. Let them go.

Members of our military who threaten to quit because of vaccine mandates? I say go ahead. You were required to take a dozen or so vaccines when you signed up, but refuse this one? Makes no sense. If you want to throw away your career by going AWOL over a vaccine, have at it. If you want to quit, then I say good riddance. We need to flush out those who lack the mentality and the grit to be a member of the greatest military in the world.

Annette Bell

Otto

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