PeaceHealth nurses protesting the COVID-19 vaccine is equally astonishing and alarming. I graduated cum laude from Linfield nursing school in 2005. I was proud to represent and belong to such a noble and respected profession.
I was inspired by the work we had done collectively during the pandemic. Our perseverance in the trenches of this public health crisis showed that nurses do make a difference. I would not have been able to imagine the present defection of my nursing peers and their seemingly indignant acceptance of vaccine hesitancy. I am embarrassed by my nursing colleagues at PeaceHealth.
Perhaps these nurses need a history lesson? Upon entry into nursing school, they were required to provide proof of vaccines. My recollection does not include nursing students complaining about vaccine requirements as a caveat to enrollment. Where were PeaceHealth’s nurses’ vaccination woes when they were accepted into nursing school; for that matter any nursing position they have been employed?
As I continue to digest the volumes of COVID-related information, I wonder what prompted my peers to stray from science. The haunting sting of hypocrisy lingers, and the stench coming off of this particular group makes us all look bad.
