Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Podcast Index | RSS
Something broke in the nursing profession in 2020 — and we still haven’t fully talked about it. I’m not talking about burnout or staffing shortages. I’m talking about division — the kind that cuts deep, fractures friendships, and challenges our ability to work as a team.
In this episode of Nurses Out Loud, we’re tackling that division head-on in a powerful look at what really split our profession — and what it will take to rebuild trust.
We begin with a clip from Robert F. Kennedy Jr., current Secretary of Health and Human Services, exposing a truth many nurses never learned in school: most of the vaccines on the CDC schedule were never safety-tested against an inert placebo before licensing. He also calls out the long-known failures of VAERS, the vaccine injury reporting system our institutions rely on — but rarely teach us to use.
Why does this matter?
Because division within the nursing profession wasn’t caused by misinformation — it was caused by silence. Some of us asked questions. Some of us started researching. Some of us refused to blindly follow protocols that felt wrong. And when we tried to speak, others refused to listen — not because we were wrong, but because it wasn’t in the curriculum or on the unit checklist.
That’s where the fracture began.
We’ll also look at Pfizer’s request to withhold COVID-19 trial data for 75 years — a move that shook the trust of thousands of healthcare professionals. What were they trying to hide? And why were we told to “follow the science” without being given access to the science?
Then, we highlight Jennifer Bridges, RN, who gathered over 200 nurse signatures in protest of Houston Methodist Hospital’s vaccine mandate. She didn’t just resist — she led. Her story reminds us that division also comes when courage is punished and advocacy is silenced.
Finally, we pull back the curtain on Christine Grady, a nurse who served as the chief of bioethics at the NIH during the COVID response and happens to be Dr. Anthony Fauci’s wife. As nurses, we must ask: Where was the ethical guidance when censorship replaced dialogue and mandates replaced informed consent?
She told nurses we had a “choice.” But we lost our jobs, our licenses, and our peace of mind.
Christine Grady — Fauci’s wife and NIH’s “ethics” chief — claimed mandates were ethical.
The 2025 Nursing Code of Ethics says she was wrong.
In this firestarter episode, I break down her 2021 interview line by line — and show you how the new Code exposes the gaslighting, coercion, and institutional betrayal nurses faced.
This isn’t personal. It’s professional. And it’s time we call it what it was. Coercion in a lab coat.
Silencing disguised as ethics and nurses left to suffer the consequences.
This episode isn’t about picking sides. It’s about asking the hard questions:
• Can we coexist in a profession where not everyone thinks the same?
• How do we restore unity when so many were silenced or cast out?
• Most importantly, how do we become the kind of nurses who lead ethically, even when it’s uncomfortable?
Join us as we explore these questions and more. The division didn’t start with disagreement — it started when we stopped listening.
Follow us on NursesOutLoud.com
Take the ethics quiz! www.righteousRN.com
#RighteousRN #NursesOutLoud #MedicalFreedom #NurseEthics #InformedConsent #HealthcareTruth
References
https://youtu.be/5CkVme4RsSY?si=2_e_bcAMmR8GiNm7
https://youtu.be/yhjVc8Z7Xeo?si=oBlCxkT4MgQBVQx4
Nurses Out Loud can be heard on weekdays at 10 am ET. Listen on iHeart Radio, our world-class media player, or our free apps on Apple, Android, or Alexa. All episodes of Nurses Out Loud can be found on podcast networks worldwide the day after airing on talk radio.
Image: NYU School of Global Public Health/YouTube/Screenshot
America Out Loud is the premier news network with a diverse array of talk shows that inform and inspire. A daily resource for smart people.
Comments