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for the last year and a half absent

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airmen have fought an unexpected phone .

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The coronavirus as the absent

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commander . Nothing is more important

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to me than the health and well being of

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our airmen and the accomplishment of

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our no fail mission . But in the last

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six months we've had another tool to

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use and that is the vaccine . According

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to the CDC director and the U . S .

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Surgeon general . Over the past month

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and a half , 99% of Americans who have

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died from the coronavirus have been

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unvaccinated , 97% of those who have

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been hospitalized due to the

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coronavirus have been unvaccinated .

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59% of accent airmen have been

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vaccinated . Initially I was hesitant

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to get the vaccine because to me it

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just felt rushed . And also because of

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the fact that it wasn't FDA approved

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yet . But I decided to go against my

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hesitation because I was getting

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deployed here to Guitar and I knew that

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without it , I would not be able to go

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out base . So I got the vaccine I got

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vaccinated because of the safety of

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myself to better help prepare my body

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to fight the virus if I were to ever

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get it , which also includes comfort of

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being around others within six ft .

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That may or may not be vaccinated . If

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I were to ever get it , then I will

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help better prepare my body to fight it .

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The reason why I got the vaccination

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was because I was actually pregnant

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when Covid hit and it was just a hard

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pregnancy to go through with just me

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and my child's father . So once it was

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time for me to give birth , my mom and

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my sister came , but they weren't

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actually allowed in the hospital with

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me . So they had to wait at home for

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those airmen out there that are still

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unsure or undecided whether or not they

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should receive the vaccination . I

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would encourage you to do your research

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and make an appropriate informed

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decision . That's right for you . Thank

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you for the outstanding work you do

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every day delivering air power across

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the entire centcom kor . If you decide

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to get the shot , report to your local

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medical group , they will have plenty

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of vaccines available .