Fox’s Jessica Tarlov erupted at co-host Jesse Watters for questioning if people are actually being denied Covid-19 vaccines under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., asking, “Why don’t you ever prepare?!” on Friday’s edition of The Five.
“Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Senator John Barrasso (R-WY), Senator John Kennedy (R-LA), Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC), all Republicans who voted to confirm [Kennedy], are saying we are denying people vaccines,” said Tarlov.
Watters then asked, “What vaccines has he denied someone?” Tarlov cited conservative radio personality Erick Erickson’s wife, who was recently denied the Covid-19 vaccine under RFK’s policies, before asking Watters, “Why don’t you ever prepare?!”
The policies in question refer to the late August announcement from the Food and Drug Administration authorizing updated Covid-19 vaccines for the fall season, but with stricter eligibility rules, marking the most limited federal vaccine policy since the shots first became available.
Read a transcript of the exchange below:
WATTERS: What vaccines has he denied someone?
TARLOV: Covid-19.
WATTERS: To who? Who can’t get a Covid-19 shot?
TARLOV: To Erick Erickson’s wife, to begin. And Bill Cassidy used–
WATTERS: Wait a second. You mean you can’t walk into your doctor’s office and get a Covid-19 shot?
TARLOV: No you can’t! Why don’t you ever prepare?! Why don’t you prepare? Kathy Hochul had to do an emergency…
WATTERS: Is this true?
KAYLEIGH MCENANY: No, it’s not true.
TARLOV: It is true, Kayleigh. Stop.