CALLER: Hi, I'm Mark, my name's Sherry, I work for a San Diego city. I'm a firefighter paramedic for the last 17 years. I have done everything on the board, including being on the union, working at every busy fire station, help staff at the department, created a women's empowerment camp, and we went to work every day during COVID. We got sick before we knew how to protect ourselves. My husband's a firefighter who brought home to our children. And as soon as we were better, we went back to work. We never asked the question.
And now Todd Gloria is saying that if we don't get this shot by December 2nd, he's going to fire us. We have a massive shortage going on, we can't even staff the department as it is. We have over 300 police officers that are willing to walk.
Is this really about safety at this point? Because not having fire engines and police officers is more of a safety issue than having people that have natural immunity serving the public when we have all the protective gear we need already.
LEVIN: This is absolutely appalling. You have natural immunity, your husband has natural immunity, I bet most of the people there who got sick at the height of this virus have natural immunity, and it's as if they're not. They're not following the science. It's as if they're defunding the police as well as emergency personnel, and this is a way to do it. I mean, it's really shocking. The murder rate's through the roof -- through the roof, and this is still how they behave. You know, some days it's hard to wrap your head around this, but what are you going to do?
CALLER: So, we have a small group of us that are willing to fight back. We're going to hold the line. I've actually already planned to move to Arizona. Unfortunately, my husband is going to -- I'm getting fired.
So I'm taking my children to Arizona, where hopefully we can sell our house in San Diego, make a couple bucks and then figure out a new thing. I don't know anything else.
17 years at the fire department, I'm a stellar employee, never been in trouble. Never got -- everything -- sorry, it's emotional. I mean, we're all just getting fired because we won't take an experimental vaccine. It just seems insane.
LEVIN: But you don't even need the vaccine. You have natural immunity. That's the point, this isn't about science. You don't -- you don't need the vaccine.
CALLER: Well, I need it if I want to be employed and put food on my table --
LEVIN: But I mean, from a health perspective, this is not correct. And look what they're doing.
All right, Sherry, I'm deeply sorry. I'm going to send you a signed copy of American Marxism. I understand the situation. I'm very sorry, and this is happening, ladies and gentlemen, all over the country. Don't hang up on her. Make sure she gets a copy of it. Let's continue.