NZ Nurse Fined $18,000 and Suspended for Criticising Mandates, Lockdowns

A tribunal has told a New Zealand nurse she brought “discredit to the profession” for comments she made during an interview at a COVID-19 freedom demonstration in 2021. At the rally, Debra Elizabeth Green spoke with Chantelle Baker, a self-styled social media journalist and a prominent opponent of government COVID-19 policy. The rally was attended by those who opposed vaccine mandates, lockdowns, and were sceptical about the efficacy of vaccines. Ms. Green, at the time working as a pool staff nurse at Christchurch Hospital, wore her uniform to the demonstration and commented to Ms. Baker about the “segregation” of unvaccinated people at the hospital....