Air Force Rejects Medical Exemption Request to COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Despite Documented Allergy

A nurse fills a syringe with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic in Pasadena, Calif., in a file photograph. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

The Air Force has rejected a medical exemption application to the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate from a reservist who presented proof that she has an allergy to one of the vaccine’s components.

The reservist, who went to a clinic in Texas, underwent allergy testing to components of the vaccine, according to a letter from a doctor that was submitted to the Air Force this week.