White House says that repealing the COVID-19 vaccine mandate was a “mistake”

Earlier this week, conservative Senators, including Tommy Tuberville, amended the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to overturn President Joe Biden’s controversial COVID-19 vaccine mandate for members of America’s armed forces. On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters that Tuberville and the other Senators had made a “mistake.” “I will note — just to be very, very clear here — what we saw, what we think happened here is Republicans in Congress have decided that they’d rather fight against the health and wellbeing of our troops than protecting them,” Sec. Jean-Pierre said. “And we believe that it is a mistake what we saw — what we saw happen on the NDAA, as it relates to the vaccine mandate. Making sure our troops are prepared and ready for service is a priority for President Biden. The vaccination requirement for COVID does just that.” “I’ll add one more thing,” Sec. Jean-Pierre said. “Before the COVID vaccine existed, nearly 700 Department of Defense personnel and service members died of COVID. Almost 100 of them were active duty. And so, since this past spring, there has been one death due to COVID. So vaccinations work and save the lives of our service members. So we believe that it was a mistake.” The COVID-19 vaccine remains highly controversial even within the medical community. Last week the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) released a statement urging Alabamians to get the newest bivalent version of the COVID-19 vaccine. “COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective at protecting you from serious illness, hospitalization, and death,” ADPH informed the public. “Since every COVID-19 infection gives the virus a chance to mutate, being vaccinated helps prevent the spread of COVID-19 and its variants in our state and world.” Dr. Stewart Tankersley has served three tours overseas in the armed services in the Global War on Terror. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey appointed him to the state’s task force on COVID-19. Tankersley is one of a group of Alabama doctors who fundamentally disagree with the prevalent view on COVID-19 as articulated by ADPH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Alabama Concerned Doctors was formed to share information on alternative treatments for COVID-19. When the vaccine began being given in mass, they claim they have documented a growing number of adverse vaccine side effects, including some life-threatening. “That is a lie,” Tankersley told Alabama Today in a phone interview in response to the ADPH claim that the vaccine is safe and effective. “They are not going by the data. The evidence is overwhelming that this vaccine is dangerous. That is an absurd statement.” “The panic is what led to this,” Tankersley claimed. “There is no safety data on this. When you get the vaccine out of the package, it does not come with a safety insert.” “All of them should be outlawed, much less be given to our troops,” Tankersley said. “They (vaccines) cause our bodies to have a massive immune response. The mRNA is surrounded by a very nasty lipid particle.” Tankersley said that ADPH and the medical establishment are reluctant to debate the physicians who are skeptical of the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. “They will not debate us on this,” Tankersley said. “The British Medical Journal said that it was unethical to give this to medical students. It does more harm than good.” “The sooner you are vaccinated, the sooner you have protection,” the ADPH said in their release. “To find COVID-19 vaccination locations near you, search vaccines.gov, text your zip code to 438829, or call 1-800-232-0233. Helpful information about recommended COVID-19 vaccines and boosters for individuals is available at the following website: cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html.” “The public has decided,” Tankersley said. “They are not taking this. Only ten percent of the public has gotten the new bivalent vaccine, and it has been out for three months.” Tuberville has suggested that the vaccine mandates are keeping the armed services from reaching their recruitment goals. “In the United States, the number of new servicemembers joining the military is reaching a near record low,” Tuberville and other conservative Senators wrote in a joint statement. “The United States needs a strong military to protect our country against the growing threats facing our nation. We are pleased that the final conferenced bill includes language mirroring our amendments’ efforts to protect troops from being fired due to Biden’s COVID vaccine mandate without fair appeal and to the harm of service readiness.” “The reasons why our military is not able to attain its recruitment goals is multifaceted, but not the least of these is forcing these young people to take this vaccine they do not need that causes injury,” Tankersley said. To connect with the author of this story, or to comment, email brandonmreporter@gmail.com. Share via: Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Email More