Topic: Hospital Staff

The hosts and their producers discuss "Reverse Virtue Signaling" (RVS) as a strategy to avoid taking the COVID-19 vaccine. Suggested tactics include claiming one cannot in good conscience take a dose when others with chronic conditions need it more, or offering to give one's spot to someone who cannot afford it. This approach frames vaccine refusal as a philanthropic act of "waiting at the back of the line."

Medical professionals have introduced the term "Vaccinated Vulnerable" to describe hospitalized patients who are vaccinated but have underlying conditions. At UCSF in San Francisco, officials noted the irony of allowing COVID-positive staff to work in ERs due to shortages while 14% of the workforce was previously fired for refusing vaccines. This shift in protocol is cited as evidence of a collapsing institutional narrative.