Unvaccinated nursing instructor in Missouri is hospitalized with Covid-19 and urging everyone to get the vaccine

[NRSKarenRN]

Christy Henry RN has learned a hard lesson:  one can catch COVID-19 ANYWHERE.  Leaving my camp position tonight, went to 3 pharmacies for med  + DME supplies so masked up, despite being fully vaccinated. 

CNN 7/23/2021

Unvaccinated Missouri nursing instructor with Covid: 'Never in a million years do you think it's going to happen to you'

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... after Covid-19 vaccines became widely distributed in the Spring, Henry and her family chose to not get inoculated. Henry said they felt because of their rural location and lifestyle, their risk of exposure was low....

Her family did not have any Fourth of July gatherings and she is not sure how they got infected. But now, she and her husband, Lonnie, are in the hospital recovering from Covid-19.

While one of her six children also tested positive and avoided hospitalization, Lonnie is currently on a ventilator. Christy herself was intubated for at least two days.

Her doctor told her she is lucky to be alive, Christy told CNN from her hospital bed.

"Covid-19 is extremely, extremely serious," she said, urging everyone she knows to get vaccinated....

 

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[jobellestarr]

13 hours ago, Horseshoe said:

For people who live in Europe, a lot of the world is easier to see due to proximity. 

I do agree, however, that many Americans have little curiosity about the world whether they can afford to travel or not. Many of them could not find Europe or Asia on a world map if it wasn't already labeled. I know people with college degrees who don't seem to know the difference between a continent and a country. Geography education doesn't seem to have been a big priority in the US. When I taught junior high before becoming a nurse, I'd always give a geography quiz to my students the first week just to see what I was dealing with. A lot of those students couldn't even find the USA on a world map-some would label the US in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, forget about any other foreign countries. It's embarassing.

My daughter’s shower curtain is a picture of a world map. It’s a pretty good teacher, LOL.

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8 hours ago, GrumpyRN said:

Not allowed to do that any more.

"The Children (Equal Protection from Assualt) Act 2019 bans physical punishment and discipline of children."

But yes you are correct, it was part of growing up and helped (if that is the right word) you to learn.

Not even Victor would dare say that to my Grandad ???.

Right, Jimmy? He's a funny codger though! Just get him a minty Aero and he calms right down! 

[londonflo]

Surely this instructor learned about 'natural selection' or Darwinism in college....Survival of the fittest (meaning do everything to ensure your 'fit'.)

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[SmilingBluEyes]

Minor point: she is not a former nurse as the article says.

Another: she is morbidly obese.  How did she think it could "never happen to her"?  How: She is in severe denial (or was). Time to wake up.

She should not be educating future nurses if she can't or won't accept science; she's a horrible example.

[SmilingBluEyes]

On 7/26/2021 at 8:56 PM, Curious1997 said:

And what do you think other people do in other countries? 

They make less money than we do unless it's a Scandinavian country or central European, but their cost of living equalizes the equation. The difference is that they are socialist countries with only slightly higher taxes, but with huge dividends as a trade off. They also don't keep up with the Joneses and save. All of my British, Danish and Swedish cousins have traveled the world mostly before they were 20. No help from my uncles. Eurorail and hostels. We've hit Thailand, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Seychelles, Malaysia and Vietnam in one gap year and no one had more than a thousand dollars to their name. I paid my way through college and still toured the Caribbean and Central America during. I have a thriving business along with nursing and still drive an amazing 95' toyota camry as my main runabout car. 

My brother and sisters and I, never got an allowance unless we read certain books allocated, with dinner table discussions. This is what instilled the curiosity and amazement for other cultures and people. My nephews and neices are being indoctrinated the same way! You don't have a choice. I have Scottish and Irish grandparents who will still slap you around the head if you don't know certain things. My Scandi grandparents are more laid back. 

If there's a will, there's a way! 

Paid health care helps a  hell of a lot in those countries you mention. Increasing numbers of Americans are going into financial ruin and bankruptcy due unpaid medical costs and paying for premiums for basic care.

[HarleyvQuinn, MSN, RN, NP]

On 7/28/2021 at 8:12 PM, SmilingBluEyes said:

Paid health care helps a  hell of a lot in those countries you mention. Increasing numbers of Americans are going into financial ruin and bankruptcy due unpaid medical costs and paying for premiums for basic care.

That's without even creeping into the catastrophic territory that is bills associated with visual or dental care. Especially for those without good insurance and who need glasses/contacts or who require more extensive dental services like implants, dentures, or root canals.  

[Cowgirl007, ASN, BSN, RN]

One of my clinical instructors last semester was an anti-vaxxer. I don’t understand how somebody can have a doctorate of nursing practice degree and still not understand how the immune system works. It was embarrassing going around the hospital with an instructor that wore a mask under her nose.

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Tracking the thread on “leaving your job due to mandates” I noted nurses who are unvaccinated are not going to be swayed by any statistics, studies or facts.  I guess until they themselves are seriously ill. I only know two people who are unvaccinated one is a forever trumper and the other immigrated from the Virgin Islands and does not want any vaccines.  I am not able to truly empathize with their stance. I think continuing to encourage, educate, berate etc is a fruitless waste of time.