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'Syringes and poison ivy': Virginia nurse fired after videos of tips for ICE 'sabotage' go viral

Melinda Cook, a Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health nurse has been fired after multiple videos of her sharing 'resistance tips' to 'sabotage' ICE agents went viral online.

On a now-deleted TikTok account, Cook shared videos encouraging medical harm to ICE agents, the hospital said in a statement. The nurse came under investigation after her videos were shared on X by the account 'LibsofTikTok', prompting an internal investigation and drawing massive flak online.

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