GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots ‘a mistake’

GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots ‘a mistake’

The Hill April 21, 2026

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said the Pentagon’s policy change to no longer require all U.S. troops to get flu shots is a “mistake,” drawing a contrast between flu vaccines and more controversial COVID-19 vaccines. “I think it’s a mistake,” Wicker told reporters Tuesday when asked about Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s announcement…