Last year, when the vaccines were rolling out, RNs across NYC (and the country in general) were being put on blast by the pubic for quitting/being fired over refusing to get vaccinated. The general argument from the public was “you RNs were on the front lines when Covid hit, we treated you like heroes”, and the general reply from the RN community was “we didn’t ASK to be treated like that, how dare you hold us to some higher standard!” I’m just pointing out the hypocrisy in their arguments between then and now.

So, after NOT wanting to be called heroes last year when people got mad at them for being anti-vax, NOW they want to be treated like heroes because their paychecks are being threatened. Interesting. They’re comfortable with the label when they feel like it suits them. Funny how that works.