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as the Army continues to serve the

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nation in the fight against Covad , 19

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soldiers have the option through the

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cove in 19 vaccine to greatly improve

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their advantage over the adversary . As

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more units are tasked to support the

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Covad Response mission nationwide ,

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soldiers on Fort Campbell chose to get

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vaccinated to better enable their

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ability to respond . Our unit was one

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of the first ones to go back when the

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whole cove it first started . We sent

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almost the whole unit to the Javits

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Center in New York and really kind of

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did that initial covert response . Most

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recently , we deployed another team toe

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the state of Wisconsin , uh , to

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participate in what they call a U A M T

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F mission , where we essentially took

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our health care providers and went into

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civilian hospitals across the state of

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Wisconsin toe Help them care for sick

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folks that have coated . This vaccine

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is really important because that's what

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really enables our unit to stay ready ,

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and it keeps us healthy , you know ,

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they say the first vaccine gets you

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about 53% protected on that second

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vaccine gets you up to about 95%

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protection when we go into the icy use

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and we're caring for patients on the

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wards , especially that air Kobe .

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Positive . It's really important for

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our team to make sure that we stay

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ready . And also Thio keep the rest of

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our team ready toe go onto other

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subsequent missions to fight covert .

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Thompson recently received his second

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dose of the vaccine along with members

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of his unit . If you haven't been

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affected by it directly , you know ,

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maybe you're not is threatened by it ,

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but for my team in particular , you

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know , seeing ah lot of folks die from

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this . Uh , you know , folks couldn't

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get a line fast enough to get the

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vaccine . So it's been really important

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for our team to do it . And they have

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been very excited . Thio be offered

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this protection .