National Guard Serviceman Says He Was Given COVID Jab Instead of Flu Shot

National Guard Serviceman Says He Was Given COVID Jab Instead of Flu Shot
A military member prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Fort Knox, Ky., on Sept. 9, 2021. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
Ella Kietlinska
Joshua Philipp
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A National Guard serviceman was given a COVID-19 jab instead of a flu shot while in the process of applying for a religious exemption to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

In November 2021, Matthew Bouchard, a specialist in Maine’s National Guard, who was planning to leave the military a few months later, asked his chain of command whether he would be required to take a yearly influenza shot.

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