Nurse who administered COVID-19 vaccine to Michael Sharpe facing death threats

 

The nurse who administered the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to senior journalist Michael Sharpe on March 14 is reportedly receiving death threats.

 

Mr. Sharpe was hospitalised 10 days after getting the vaccine. 

 

Nurses Association Jamaica (NAJ) President Patsy Edwards Henry told Radio Jamaica News the nurse has been receiving threats since Mr. Sharpe's admission to hospital in March, but these threats intensified on Tuesday when news of his death emerged. 

 

"She got text messages, persons accessed her phone - I don't know how they got her number - but they have been calling her and they have been accusing her of causing Michael's death," Mrs Edwards Henry revealed.

 

"She is crushed emotionally, she is demotivated. She feels as if all her work that she has done is all for nought. She was on the verge of tears when I spoke to her yesterday, and we have to be encouraging her and telling her just stick with what you do. You know what you have done, you have done nothing wrong." 

 

There has been concern from some members of the public that Mr. Sharpe's death is linked the to COVID-19 vaccine. 

 

She noted that persons who take the COVID-19 vaccine can die for reasons unrelated to the vaccine itself and "the likelihood of any kind of severe reactions to the vaccine is very small."  

 

She confirmed that Mr. Sharpe had tested positive for COVID-19 and pointed out that the vaccine is not made with traces of the virus so he could not have been exposed to the illness through inoculation. 

 

Mr. Sharpe had also revealed on the day of his vaccination that he had a heart condition.