It had been viewed more than 6 million times at press time.
The 5-minute video of the nurse leaving the hospital, both of which are unidentified in the clip, was a peaceful protest by the frontline worker against COVID-19 vaccine mandates, which many employers globally are enforcing.
In her video, which was originally posted October 30 on Rumble, the nurse explained, “I am being escorted out of Kaiser Permanente hospital for my religious beliefs because I don’t want to get the jab. And I asked all day for someone to explain to me why my sincerely held religious beliefs are not good enough for Kaiser. And no one was able to do that for me,” she continued.
“So now they’re escorting me out because I wanted an answer. And I’m not leaving without an answer. I have some nurses here who are standing with me in solidarity, and I appreciate that.”
The nurse, seen walking through the halls of the hospital surrounded by masked personnel, including a security guard, further stated that she had been put on unpaid administrative leave. Kaiser Permanente had not responded at press time to media requests for comment.
“I just want all of you to count the costs,” she said. “I want you to watch this and think, what really matters to me? Because I am willing to lose my safety and security, my house, everything, for my freedom. And I want you to think about that.”
While waiting for an elevator, she also posed questions to a few random people about their views on the subject. “Let me ask you, do you believe in religious freedom?” Offscreen, those responding indicated affirmatively. “Well, Kaiser doesn’t. Because they are not accepting my religious exemption based on my sincerely held religious beliefs. So that’s a problem.”
Also on the video she stated that she has worked since the beginning of the pandemic, “when we didn’t know what was going on,” and that she had shown up the day of her expulsion “happy to work.” She also touted Kaiser for paying well. She even quoted the company’s signs in a parking garage that encourages employees to climb the stairs for exercise as she went with the security guard who was escorting her up seven flights to the top of the parking garage.
“It’s a sad day. I don’t know what kind of a pandemic it is if they’re firing nurses who are willing to work. I don’t know,” she concluded. “It doesn’t make sense to me. So you have got to ask yourself that question: what kind of world are we living in when we have a pandemic where my kids have to wear masks at school and they have to get a vaccine for something that they are not at risk of dying from at all.”
A version of this article first appeared on Medscape.com.