Why are so many service members refusing to receive the COVID vaccine?

My Soldier stated that as long as it's voluntary, he doesn't want the shot. He is going to wait until it's mandatory. He did state that he will not refuse once it becomes mandatory. Meh. It is what it is. The problem is that way too many folks are buying into the mass hysteria hype and paranoia that is the media. My Commander asked me if I would volunteer for it. Figuring that it's just one more vaccination, meh....why not. After Anthrax, Typhoid, Yellow Fever, Smallpox...what is the Covid vaccination gonna do to me?

I haven't seen any service members refuse the vaccine. Most service members aren't even authorized to receive it yet because they're too low on the priority. My wife is a high priority person in base and received hers last week and she said they were turning people away all day.

I remember the same thing happened during H1N1. People freaked out because the vaccine was fast tracked. There's a misconception that it takes almost a year to develop a vaccine. Nothing is further from the truth. The first COVID vaccine was developed even before the first person in the US died. Vaccines are so easy to develop now that biohackers can make them in their garage. What takes a long time is the safety testing that goes into proving that it's safe in the long term. The new vaccines are still experimental and I think that scares a lot of people

Like anything, people need to evaluate with risks and benefits. I work in a COVID ICU and took it first chance I got. If I did not, I might wait a few weeks to see if anything big had been reported. Nothing has and had I not received the first dose last month, I would be doing so now.