Flu vaccine no longer mandated for US troops, Hegseth says

Note: [He's a guy who refuses to so much as wash his hands](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47201923)

[Modern influenza originated in Kansas](https://www.kumc.edu/school-of-medicine/academics/departments/history-and-philosophy-of-medicine/archives/wwi/essays/medicine/influenza.html), and was spread significantly by US troop deployments in WWI. [It also killed tens of thousands of US soliders](https://www.nationalguard.mil/News/Article/1616713/flu-outbreak-killed-45000-us-soldiers-during-world-war-i/)

Edit: now points to AP and not CBS.