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Comment by jdhn | Hacker News Reader

I feel like I've seen versions of this story pop up throughout the year, and it seems that others have too [0]. I guess I remain skeptical as to whether this actually happened until more proof can be provided.

[0] https://twitter.com/annbauerwriter/status/132853834817300480...

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Here is a similar story from a news source: https://www.npr.org/2020/11/12/934266487/icu-nurse-on-dealin...

You are right to be skeptical. Wired found tons of issues with it:

https://www.wired.com/story/are-covid-patients-gasping-it-is...

Interesting.

I followed the links, and found one that seemed legit: https://twitter.com/TheBlondeRN/status/1328378945172074499

Did you see the link to the nurse being interviewed?

https://mobile.twitter.com/theblondern/status/13283789451720...

Really?

https://www.mibluesperspectives.com/2020/10/30/teen-diagnose...

These types of interactions happen all the time. A simple youtube search will get you tons of patient accounts.

This was a strategy used by certain hospitals to increase public awareness.

Nowhere in that article does it say that he went to urgent care insisting that covid isn't real. The link that the OP posted says that dying patients are insisting that covid isn't real. Your own link says that the kid thought that it just hit older adults, not that he thought it was fake or a new world order conspiracy or any garbage like that.

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