Lauren Leander is a nurse in Arizona who's isolated from her family because she’s working full-time in a pandemic-response unit. When she heard that people who believe the crisis is a hoax were rallying to demand the governor lift anti-pandemic restrictions, she led a group of her fellow nurses to stand between the mob and the governor’s office, conveying a powerful message of how real the crisis is. The mob screamed insults, and a state senator called the nurses actors. Leander continues to speak out about the reality of the suffering and death she sees every day. Read her full story here

Dr. Helen Chu, an infectious disease expert at the University of Washington, knew she and her team should use her on-going flu study to test for the coronavirus, but she was repeatedly ordered not to by bureaucrats citing “rules." She repeatedly defied those orders, directing her team to keep testing—an unprecedented pandemic needs to be stopped, never mind the rules. More

Dr. Ming Lin reported to his supervisors and then to the public that the hospital where he’s worked for 17 years was failing to process Covid-19 tests promptly, to screen incoming patients accurately, and to use adequate safety equipment for patients and staff. When he refused to take down his messages to the public, his employers told him not to report for his next shift in the ER, though there are laws against firing doctors in such situations. More