This week, Nate and Francis discuss the recent news that the military may require service members to take the covid-19 vaccine (much like it requires other vaccines) now that the FDA has approved it. So, why does the military have, on average a 30% refusal rate for the vaccine? And what really is going on with vaccination in the US? (source: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/03/01/military-may-revisit-making-covid-19-vaccines-mandatory-after-fda-grants-approval.html?fbclid=IwAR1AOgpMr4DAiNm4Rbm1eXg31QH5mtTRQiBuCFt4hbRAJv2vX4um-rHvyWQ)

 

Also discussed: has the military actually helped reduce the risk of extinction for one species of woodpecker? Yes. Does this mean the military is good at ecology? No. (source: https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972486093/how-the-military-helped-bring-back-the-red-cockaded-woodpecker?fbclid=IwAR049XUxWdH-RAHhHKmi7mg6oPW1tqMKuLF1DXctuSveFoTuY7-9OEP1hK8&t=1614799637267)

 

This week's bonus is a combined Hell of a Way / Lions Led by Donkeys episode in which Joe relates to us the story of Valentine Strasser, the Sierra Leonean army captain (and specialist at heart) who took over a country and decided to change its national anthem to a disco tune -- among a LOT of other things. Get it on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/48207919

 

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