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My husband regularly uses the VA. They have never asked him to take the covid vaccines or have they recommended that he take it. His care has been excellent every time.

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Just for workers not patients

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Yes but it wasn't just the VA workers it was mandated for. All medical it was mandated for.

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Really ? I heard that it is offered and was widely promoted when the shots first came out .

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Maybe it was back then when it was widely promoted and and mandated everywhere. However the VA never mandated it like most most places did.

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Same here. They have signs that it's available, but that's about it. They were more pushy when it all began, but he was never coerced and when he said no, that was it.

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Yes but you have to understand that with veterans are offered a treatment or intervention by their health care provider they assume it is for their betterment and go along with it . Many veterans donтАЩt do their own research

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Just like many patients that weren't veterans didn't do their own research.

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Many people accept any medication suggestion from a doctor. They trust every sign at the doctor's office. They believe doctors won't knowingly inject them with a harmful substance.

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Knowingly is the key here, and that's Steve's point

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