I guess dying for ‘freedom’ and ‘choice’ sounds more noble than ‘dying for Facebook’
Throughout the pandemic, the media have often been hamstrung in efforts to convey the severe medical effects of COVID-19 by their inability to film actual patients in the last stages of infection. One of the barriers has been the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA),the national standard ensuring privacy of personal health information.
Nevertheless, some patients have provided the necessary permission to be videoed while still in the hospital.