National Guard Gives Service Members COVID-19 Vaccine Instead of Influenza Shot

A COVID-19 vaccine in West Virginia in a file image. Stephen Zenner/Getty Images

The National Guard administered the COVID-19 vaccine to multiple service members who were lined up for the influenza vaccine, including a member who objected to the COVID-19 vaccine on religious grounds, according to officials and one of the members.

The incident took place in late 2021.