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    The Pentagon formally dropped its COVID-19 vaccination mandate Tuesday, but a new memo signed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin also gives commanders some discretion in how or whether to deploy troops who are not vaccinated.

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    • It's good that they dropped it You can't ethically mandate a medical intervention that doesn't benefit third parties, and this is clearly in that category. It was always a mistake to mandate. Unnecessarily divisive. https://t.co/DxkPVuofcv

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    A bill to rescind the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of the U.S. military and provide nearly $858 billion for national defense has passed the Senate and now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

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    • Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID-19 vaccine mandate https://t.co/X75Xhp2fYE It's a grave mistake to end vaccine mandates for the military. It's the nation's first job to protect our troops. More die from infectious disease than from bullets.

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    California health officials Friday confirmed they are avoiding using the term “monkeypox” and will now refer to it as “mpox” or “MPX.”

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    • California to refer to virus as mpox and MPX, drops monkeypox term https://t.co/dZguadYhcH

    • California Officials Ditch ‘Monkeypox’ Name: California health officials are avoiding using the term "monkeypox" & will now refer to it as "mpox" or “MPX.” @WHO has called for a new name to make it less stigmatizing. https://t.co/mBwEGNVm1K

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    An anti-vaccine activist was cited on a charge of misdemeanor assault after he shoved state Sen. Richard Pan on Wednesday afternoon.

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    • #ICYMI in 2019: “It should come as no surprise that violence is the outcome of the inciting and violent rhetoric that anti-vaxxers have used for years.” The rhetoric has become even more hateful, extreme & untrue. #StopAntiVaxViolence https://t.co/bytXNtLjRq