{"id":435432,"date":"2026-01-28T20:11:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:11:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435432\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T20:11:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T20:11:10","slug":"melinda-cook-fired-vcu-health-issues-statement-as-employees-bizarre-appeal-to-poison-ice-agents-sparks-uproar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/435432\/","title":{"rendered":"Melinda Cook fired? VCU Health issues statement as employee’s bizarre appeal to poison ICE agents sparks uproar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Melinda Cook, a nurse at Virginia <\/a>Commonwealth University (VCU) Health, has been terminated following the viral spread of several videos in which she provided \u2018resistance tips\u2019 aimed at \u2018sabotaging\u2019 ICE agents.<\/p>\n

\"AA nurse named Melinda Cook was terminated after posting videos advocating sabotage against ICE agents, suggesting medical harm. (X@libsoftiktok)<\/p>\n

In a TikTok account that has since been deleted, Cook posted videos that advocated for medical harm against ICE <\/a>agents, stated the hospital. The nurse was subjected to an investigation after her videos were disseminated on X by the account ‘LibsofTikTok’, which led to an internal inquiry and significant backlash online.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what VCU Health said<\/p>\n

On Tuesday, VCU Health released a statement indicating that Cook was \u201cno longer employed\u201d with them and that they have met the reporting obligations mandated by Virginia <\/a>state law.<\/p>\n

The statement further noted that both the hospital and VCU police initiated an investigation following the viral spread of the nurse’s videos on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe prioritise the health and safety of anyone who comes to us for care. We are aware of a series of videos that appear to have been posted by an individual confirmed to be an employee of our health system, the VCU added, calling the content of the videos \u201chighly inappropriate,\u201d which \u201cdoes not reflect the integrity or values of our health system.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Melinda Cook’s videos spark uproar<\/p>\n

In a video titled ‘#ice #resistance #sabotage’, Cook urged medical providers to use “sabotage tactic” against ICE agents amid Trump’s crackdown<\/a> on illegal immigrants. \u201cSabotage tactic, or at least a scare tactic. All the medical providers, take some syringes with needles attached.\u201d<\/p>\n

She recommended them to fill the syringes with \u201csaline or succinylcholine\u201d or any substance that would serve as a \u201cdeterrent.\u201d Succinylcholine is an anesthetic that induces rapid, short-lived muscle paralysis lasting between four to six minutes.<\/p>\n

In a separate video labeled \u2018#resist\u2019, the nurse proposed gathering \u201cpoison ivy or poison oak\u201d from their gardens. \u201cGet some of that, with gloves, obviously, and get it in some water. Like a gallon of water. And get the poison ivy oak water and I\u2019m going to put it into a water gun. Aim for faces, hands,\u201d she stated.<\/p>\n

Her appeal did not end here as she posted a third video, advising the single women in Minnesota <\/a>to \u201cget on Tinder, get on Hinge, find these guys, they are around.\u201d She proposed tampering with the ICE agent’s beverage by adding \u201cEx-Lax\u201d to induce illness. \u201cYou know, nobody\u2019s going to die. Just enough to incapacitate them and get them off the street for the next day. Highly, easily deniable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reacting to the video, one person wrote: \u201cHer career in healthcare just permanently ended because nobody can deal with the legal liability of employing her anymore after she’s openly advocated poisoning people over their political views.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI probably shouldn\u2019t admit this but between the insanity of COVID and evil like this, I never want to go to a hospital or doctor unless I\u2019m dying or close to it. Just not worth the risk of some kooky nurse recognizing me and acting on her lunacy,\u201d another stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Melinda Cook, a nurse at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health, has been terminated following the viral spread of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":435433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253,53187,206059,206058,206060,206061,2600],"class_list":["post-435432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare","tag-ice-agents","tag-melinda-cook","tag-sabotage-tactic","tag-vcu-health","tag-vcu-health-nurse","tag-viral-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=435432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/435432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=435432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=435432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=435432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}