Idaho nurse who told her family not to get vaccinated dies of COVID-19

• An Idaho nurse who told her family not to get vaccinated has died of COVID-19, CNN reported.
• The nurse’s brother told CNN he believed his sister had absorbed misinformation about vaccines from YouTube.
• A sharp rise in COVID cases this month has caused hospitals in Idaho to ration care.

An Idaho nurse who told her family not to get the vaccine even though her mother was in a coma caused by COVID-19 has died of the disease, her brother told CNN.

Natalie Rise had worked as a registered nurse and home aide before staying home with her two special-needs twins, her brother, Daryl Rise, told CNN.

Daryl Rise told the outlet his sister did not believe studies had been done on vaccines. She told her family not to get the vaccine, he said, even as her mother lay in a coma.

“I think it was because of the misinformation, I think it was falling into social media and negative bloggers, YouTubers,” Rise told CNN.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was fully approved by the Food and Drug Administration on August 23, after millions of people had already received two doses of the two-dose vaccine. About 181 million Americans have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

About 40% of Idaho residents have been fully immunized, CNN reported. Earlier this month, hospitals in Idaho activated the crisis protocol and began rationing care due to an increase in COVID cases caused by the Delta variant.

“Standards of care in a crisis are a last resort. It means that we have exhausted our resources to the point that our health systems are unable to provide the treatment and care we expect,” said Dave Jeppesen, director of Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, in a Sept. 7 statement. declaration. “It’s a decision I fervently hoped to avoid. The best tools we have to remedy the situation are for more people to get vaccinated and wear masks indoors and in crowded public places outside. . “

Daryl Rise said he got the shot the day after his sister died. He said his recovering mother was still undecided about the vaccine.

“It was the hardest decision of my life, you know, am I doing right by God?” Am I doing right by Natalie? He told CNN. “And I got it out of fear.”