The Lackland flu outbreak is fading but Hegseth’s military anti-vaccine fiasco is not Henry Miller | July 6, 2026

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2026/07/06/the-lackland-flu-outbreak-is-fading-but-hegseths-military-anti-vaccine-fiasco-is-not/ The flu outbreak at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has now become more than a military installation health problem. It is a real-time stress test of a political claim: that vaccine mandates are mostly an assault on personal liberty, even inside an institution built around collective discipline. As of early July, the outbreak had reached nearly 300 confirmed cases and four hospitalizations. And it’s now been confirmed that Keon McDaniel, an Air Force trainee, died from influenza.