The Marine Corps has granted just two religious exemptions to the over 3,200 applicants appealing the military COVID-19 vaccine mandate. As of January 12th, according to the Marine Corps Times, two out of 3,212 religious exemption requests have been granted for the vaccine, which was mandated for all active-duty Marines to receive by November 28th, 2o21. The figure amounts to just 0.06 percent of requests being granted. If marines don’t receive either a COVID-19 vaccine or an exemption, they will be discharged. Roughly 150 exemption requests are still awaiting review. “Due to privacy considerations, we are unable to discuss the specifics
