you have fire trucks showing up in time. you also talk about the police, as well. crime is up in this city. with police officers out they have problems with numbers and staffing why now police officers pulling longer shifts and harder for everybody remaining on the job. stephanie, thank you. dr. hotez, the unions question why a testing option is not enough. would that inds mine the point of a mandate? testing is important but it is second tier to vaccination. vaccination is the gold standard. these are highly effective vaccines to protect more than 90% against illness. it does wane over time after two doses but it takes six or seven months and then you can get a booster and restore the full level of protection so no question if you are in new york
testing option or tested you for antibodies because didn t you have the virus already? i did. that s what was so frustrating. you know, last year i did my job very safely. i tested and i masked and nobody had a vaccine and it was fine. and i thought that could be an option going forward. why did it work last year. i did get covid in august. it was a very mild illness, i definitely feel comfortable in my natural immunity. the antibodies that i have. none of that is taken into consideration when they make these determinations that you have to receive the vaccine. brian: such a joke, i feel like talking to someone who is a firefighter and cop. this is what i have been doing no one is anti-vax. they are anti-mandate. that s what you are saying. you have another show coming? you have already landed on your feet? i m so excited i signed with the daily wire to do a special sports project with them. ben shapiro reached out to me within days of hearing about minus. i was overwhelmed how q
e.m.t.s and sanitation workers largely unmasked rallied out the mayor s official residence one day before the official deadline to get a covid shot or be placed on unpaid leave. members have choice about their health. reporter: all by 38,000 city workers are vaccinated but about a quarter of the police force and a third of firefighters are not. you can t force a vaccine on somebody, it should be a choice. reporter: six of the country s ten largest cities have or are planning vaccine mandates for municipal workers, of those, new york, l.a. l.a. and san diego do not have a testing alternative. new york s largest police union sued this week to block the mayor s vaccine mandate but a state judge rejected that request. the police are asking the city to adopt a weekly testing option in lieu of vaccination, even though first responders are at higher risk of contracted covid.
workers like you and your men and women when this pandemic first hit and trying to find out what it is and where it is from and scram to be get a vaccine? were people that concerned about your welfare then? you know, i think that the citizenry was. i wouldn t say that the administration was not. they are not as at this point in time, concerned with us and other members of public safety state level in massachusetts. brian: do you think they understood what they re getting into? just because most got vaccinated they thought okay, i will force the rest. but do they realize this force needs to be 100 percent. brian: i believe that s it right there. i don t believe they truly understood that we do have legitimate medical and religious exemptions and they didn t think this out. and they didn t come to the table and properly discuss this with us and negotiate. brian: you just want a testing option. is that what you are hoping for. i just want our troopers for the ability to remain emplo
legal testing option, yes. brian: the state of washington is looking at you guys and the chicago. wins another four years he will probably do that in the state of new jersey. people should look at massachusetts and find out which it might be staring at. sergeant mike chevron, thank you so much. hopefully there will be open minds and governor will admit when he is wrong. thank you, have a good day. brian: we reached out to the governor s office forever comment and have not heard back. atlanta braves taking a lead in the world series best of seven. will cain joins us outside minute maid park in houston with a home team that s looking for redemption. they, brian. it was atlanta s night in houston at the braves astros won the world series. go inside and come party with me in houston when we come back on fox & friends.