A disturbing viral confession from an ICU nurse was posted by CBS News on Sunday. The woman says she quit her job in fear and that “America is not prepared” to fight the coronavirus.
The video quickly went viral and has been viewed nearly eight million times by social media users, and was even shared by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-V.T.
“America is not prepared, and nurses are not being protected,” the reported ICU nurse said, crying hysterically throughout the video. “I quit my job today. I went into work and I was assigned to a COVID patient on an ICU unit that has been converted to a designated COVID unit. None of the nurses are wearing masks.”
In tears, a nurse says she quit her job after she was asked to work in a coronavirus ICU without a face mask: “America is not prepared, and nurses are not being protected” https://t.co/ywoSuLOPYP pic.twitter.com/S5BsnlO5nt
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 5, 2020
Critics say the video confession was fraudulent and CBS News never bothered to verify the authenticity of the video. Some even called it completely fake.
The woman featured has a prominent social media following and sells homemade masks on her website.
She mentioned in a recent post she found coronavirus information “triggering” to her anxiety and mental health issues.
“Prior to CBS picking up this video, Imaris posted on her public Facebook page that she has anxiety and bi-polar depression and had not been an employee at the hospital for over a year,” The Federalist reported. “She mentioned in her post that she was unsure if she was ready to return to her job.”
In the days since it was posted, CBS News has issued a number of “clarifying” tweets about the woman, the hospital’s response, and her status as a full-time nurse.
The hospital, Northwestern Medicine, acknowledged that Imaris Vera had quit her job, but referred CBS News to Vera as to the details of why.
— CBS News (@CBSNews) April 6, 2020
A critic brokedown their response in plain English —
Bottom line: Hospital did have adequate supply of PPE & masks & was taking proper precautions, while making prudent decision not to blow through supplies. She shows up, 1st day on job, wants to break protocol & do her own thing. They say no. She quits & goes full crisis actor.
— Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.today (@JordanSchachtel) April 6, 2020
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