Nurses Celebrating Covid-19 Vaccines Battle Social Media Scorn

When the first Covid-19 vaccines were administered last week, many frontline health-care workers across the U.S. posted celebratory photos on social media. In what was meant to be a triumphant moment, some found themselves the targets of skeptical or even scornful comments from people opposed to vaccines.

A nurse on Twitter with the handle @saruhhdanae shared the news with a picture of her getting the Pfizer shot, in a post with eight exclamation points. Soon, amid notes of congratulations and appreciation, came responses from people declaring they would be too afraid to take it, predicting terrible side effects, or worse. “I made a choice for myself and all kinds of people are predicting my death,” she said in a follow-up tweet, noting that she was still happy to be vaccinated.