# Preventable Disease Is a Stupid Way to Lose Military Capability by Bryant McGill > “The Navy does not maintain medical-readiness systems because needles are culturally fashionable. It does it because losing trained personnel to preventable disease is a stupid way to lose capability.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact original:** “The Navy does not maintain medical-readiness systems because needles are culturally fashionable. It does it because losing trained personnel to preventable disease is a stupid way to lose capability.” — supplied directly by Bryant McGill for [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]]. - **Source article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] — Bryant McGill identifies this article as the originating publication for this Reminder. - **Readiness context:** [Military Health System report](https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2025/10/01/MSMR-MMRV?type=Reports) and [Health.mil vaccine recommendations](https://health.mil/Military-Health-Topics/Health-Readiness/Immunization-Healthcare/Vaccine-Recommendations/?type=All) document immunization as a military-health and readiness practice. The quotation remains Bryant McGill’s authored formulation. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] - **Article:** [[articles/Vaccines, Science, and the Latest Disruption of Biological Clarity from the White House|Vaccines, Science, and Biological Clarity]] - **Article:** [[articles/How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult|How AI Early Adopters Became a Privilege Cult]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] - [[wiki/Digital Divide|Digital Divide]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The Navy does not maintain medical-readiness systems because needles are culturally fashionable. It does it because losing trained personnel to preventable disease is a stupid way to lose capability.” — Bryant McGill, The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-preventable-disease-is-a-stupid-way-to-lose-military-capability ```