A video from 2021 of a purported “Florida nurse” describing plans for a “COVID crisis” expected at her Broward County hospital and implying that it was staged for political reasons is recirculating in August 2023, with some users sharing it as a sign of imminent lockdowns. nurse say they have been instructed to prepare for the COVID crisis starting next week,” reads a Facebook post sharing the clip on Aug. 28 (here). Covid Lockdowns are coming back and it’s all because they want to win in ’24” (here), archived (here). The video, however, dates to at least January 2021, when it was shared on X (here) by an account affiliated with Sovereign Nations, a self-described conservative website. Video warning about COVID crisis dates to January 2021, and is not recent footage.

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