That is what most people must yell to the Pentagon, as only 150,000 vaccines against H1N1 were delivered to U.S. troops when they had asked for 300,000. It is unclear when the other vaccines are arriving.
All the U.S. troops based in the Korean peninsula have been already vaccinated against H1N1, but troops at the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, are not scheduled to get vaccinations until the end of November. Morel defended plans to vaccinate prisoners at the U.S. naval facility at Guantanamo Bay, after criticism from members of Congress who said the detainees should not get the inoculations before U.S. citizens.
"We should save the vaccine for those who need it most, and as of today, women, children and other at-risk individuals should fall squarely in line under that category. It should be made available to them before we hand it out to terrorists at Gitmo," said Sen. David Vitter, R-Louisiana, in a written statement.
The Pentagon has said detainees at Guatanamo would be offered the vaccine after all U.S. active military and civilians at the Guantanamo base have been vaccinated.
