EXCERPT:
KILMEADE: "But, listen, just to blend in the military and the science, we all know that this vaccine does not address any of the variants we are currently experiencing. So, therefore, there is minimal positive to getting it now, which is why you guys don’t talk about it, to invest in our people and train them and then dismiss them for experimental vaccine is folly when you can’t recruit. Every one of your branches can’t recruit their threshold, yet you are kicking out good men and women. How do you explain that?"
KIRBY: "Well, look, Brian, first of all the Navy did make their recruiting goals for enlisted personnel this year. It’s a tough recruiting environment, we recognize that, but it’s also you have a requirement to be healthy to be able to serve. And this is a valid military requirement, it's — "
KILMEADE: "You really think so?"
KIRBY: "And, look, even if it doesn’t prevent from you getting Covid, I’m double-boosted I got it myself here — "
KILMEADE: "But that’s your decision."
KIRBY: "It makes the symptoms a lot less severe, it gets you back on duty — "
KILMEADE: "So it's worth kicking out the healthiest people in our country who are already sacrificing, it's worth kicking them out?"
KIRBY: "Brian, Brian, we would rather not lose anybody, of course, to the vaccine. We would rather not lose anybody from a retention perspective to have them leave the service earlier than they wanted or we wanted them to. But it’s a valid military requirement."
KILMEADE: "No, it isn’t. This is an experimental vaccine that just came off the shelf. You know it’s not valid and it’s a risk to our national security. Admiral, you are a military officer. You could talk sense into this White House."