A nurse's viral video of beeping ICU alarms persuaded unvaccinated people to get the shot - take a look

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The viral TikTok starts with a question: 'Did you guys know that COVID has a sound?'

"The vast majority of people, they've never heard that sound before," Rice told Insider, referring to the beeping noise in her video.

For many, watching Rice's video conveyed a sensory understanding of the distress of COVID-flooded ICUs in a way thatSome of the TikTok commenters affected enough by the video's emotional edge to seek out vaccinations shared their thoughts with Insider.Sarah Draissi, a 21-year-old hospitality worker in Philadelphia, said she'd put in a lot of effort to learn about COVID-19 online. But by August, she was still unvaccinated.

Draissi was at her family's home in Florida when she saw Rice's video. Immediately, she made an appointment to get vaccinated upon her return to Philadelphia. "I went on my phone, and I made an appointment for the day my flight landed," she said. Shae Garbe, a 23-year-old from Wisconsin, procrastinated getting a vaccine before seeing the video in bed one morning. "It's easy to ignore something when it isn't right in front of your face, but that video was so immersive," Garbe said.

 

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