# Questions about anti-vaxxers and the COVID future

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 12, 2021, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-anti-vaxxers-and-the-covid-future/939874 "2021-04-12T21:37:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 13, 2021, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-anti-vaxxers-and-the-covid-future/939874/15 "2021-04-13T12:09:01Z")

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> [@puzzlegal](#):
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> Not currently, because none of the vaccines have been officially approved – they are just being distributed under an emergency use authorization. That’s why soldiers are being given a choice, too.

Under discussion in this thread:

> [@39% of US Marines refuse COVID-19 vaccination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/39-of-us-marines-refuse-covid-19-vaccination/939760):
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> Link: Two points/questions: Well, this is dismaying. Why the hell do they have a choice? You volunteered, asshole. Take the shot or hand in your kit and find a civvie job.

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