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Fact check: Hospital TikTok dancing aimed at boosting morale
The claim: Health care workers took Spanish influenza pandemic more seriously than health care workers during COVID-19
With more than 20 million confirmed cases in the USA, more than 353,000 deaths and a strain newly emerged from the United Kingdom, coronavirus is no laughing matter. But according to one social media post, health care workers don t seem to be taking the pandemic too seriously.
A Facebook meme shared Dec. 30 by Texas radio show Walton and Johnson juxtaposes the Spanish flu of 1918 against the COVID-19 pandemic. A black-and-white photo of occupied hospital beds manned by solemn doctors and nurses is a sedate contrast to two images of health care workers grinning and dancing during COVID-19. The meme suggests medical professionals are not taking the present pandemic seriously compared with their historical counterparts.
The claim: Companies mandating COVID-19 vaccines violates federal law
On Dec. 22, Chipotle Mexican Grill CEO Brian Niccol told CNBC that the company will “strongly encourage” but not require its employees to receive the coronavirus vaccine. As of right now, we’re not going to mandate it,” he said. He also said that the company will cover costs associated with the vaccine for employees who choose to receive it.
Some people like the account Freedom Angels took to Instagram to laud Chipotle for its choice and claim that mandating vaccines violates federal law. Hell ya! Great to see a company choosing to NOT violate ADA, OSHA & Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 rights of employees. It is an inalienable human right to NOT be coerced or forced to take a V, the post states.
Fans of the governor applauded the remarks, which come after Ron DeSantis shared that there were 175,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccines in the state.