Brian Kilmeade Snipes at Steve Doocy for ‘Recommending’ Vaccines
Loyal viewers who tune into Fox & Friends every morning for advice on how to live their lives won’t know what to think after Thursday morning’s broadcast. On a show that rarely features dissent, co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade sent some seriously mixed messages about the COVID-19 vaccine.
During a “report” on the dire situation in Arkansas, Doocy stressed that 20 percent of those hospitalized due to coronavirus complications are children. Though his facts may have been off—nearly 19 percent of active cases in the state are currently among children under 18 and among hospitalized children, 20 percent are under 12 according to Arkansas Secretary of Health Jose Romero—he used those scary numbers to urge those watching to get vaccinated.
“If your kids are over 12, you probably ought to get the shot,” Doocy said, with a bit of hesitation, perhaps anticipating what he would hear back from the man who recently said it’s not the government’s job to “protect anybody” from anything.