Welcome to the untold.

Take a deep breath, take the higher road.

That's what they always say,

as if they know the way they won't take it from me.

But don't ever doubt yourself as life in just a dream

You made your own so kick and scream

The people will act with a never-ending force

You never had the chance so what you're waiting for

The day has come my friend, because this is what. Let's just say it.

What happened during COVID, especially when it came to mandates, was not as simple as safe

and defective and do your part.

For a lot of people, it felt like pressure.

It felt like fear.

And for many, it felt like coercion.

And I don't use that word lately.

Because when someone is told, do this or lose your job, do this or you can't provide for

your family, do this or you're out, that's not a free informed medical decision. That's a forced

one. And as nurses, as healthcare professionals,

we need to be honest about that. Because informed consent isn't just a checkbox on a form.

It requires full transparency, the ability to ask questions, and the freedom to say no without

punishment. And what we saw, especially among first responders, healthcare workers,

and public servants, was a system that in many cases did not allow for that. Now fast forward,

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