Ethics Edge

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Real talk on ethics,

advocacy, and nursing

with integrity.

Ethics Edge

Real talk on ethics,

advocacy, and nursing

with integrity.

Jodi O'Malley, MSN RN | August 12, 2025 | 4 min read

Dr. Kirk Moore: The Doctor Who Refused to Comply—Now Vindicated

In an age where ethics have been downsized into compliance checklists, Dr. Kirk Moore stood still in the storm—and now, he stands vindicated.

This Utah-based plastic and reconstructive surgeon, military veteran, and medical missionary was indicted on three federal felonies. His crime? He provided vaccine cards to patients who had informedly chosen not to receive the experimental COVID-19 shot.

The system didn’t like that. The system wanted obedience. But Dr. Moore offered something else entirely: ethical conviction.

He wasn’t trafficking deception. He wasn’t exploiting trust. He was simply honoring informed consent—the cornerstone of every sacred relationship between a healer and the one seeking healing. These patients weren’t seeking protection from a virus. They were seeking protection from coercion. And Dr. Moore met them in that vulnerable place with courage, not control.

The Charges Are Gone—But the Real Story Isn’t

The court dropped all charges. Mid-trial. Abruptly. That alone says something.

But the greater conversation must not get lost in the legal headlines.

Did Dr. Moore break a law under the current regime? No, not probably.


Did he break faith with the ethics that undergird this profession? Not for a moment.

Let’s break this down through a different lens—the 2025 Code of Ethics, rewritten for the modern battlefield of medicine:

  • Respect human dignity – even when the system forgets to.

  • Put loyalty where it belongs – to the person in front of you, not to institutions with shifting interests.

  • Advocate for rights and safety – especially when doing so is unpopular.

  • Protect your own integrity – because moral injury is real and costly.

  • Lead with courage when the system fails – because history won’t remember the compliant.

Dr. Moore didn’t just check those boxes. He embodied them.

The Quiet Kind of Brave

Some critics have said he should’ve shouted louder, stood bolder, gone more public. Maybe. But there’s a particular kind of bravery that doesn’t require a stage.

There’s the kind that happens in the exam room, in the hush of sacred trust, when no one's watching—and yet everything’s at stake.

That’s what Dr. Moore offered. Not noise. Not spectacle. Just courage with skin on.

This Isn’t Just About One Doctor

It’s about every practitioner wrestling with impossible choices in an unethical system. It’s about reclaiming the soul of a profession that was never meant to serve bureaucracy before people.

Because sometimes, doing no harm means resisting the very system that claims to keep us safe.

And sometimes, that resistance is quiet. Unprofitable. Lonely.

But it’s no less righteous.

Jodi O'Malley, MSN RN | August 12, 2025 | 4 min read

Dr. Kirk Moore: The Doctor Who Refused to Comply—Now Vindicated

In an age where ethics have been downsized into compliance checklists, Dr. Kirk Moore stood still in the storm—and now, he stands vindicated.

This Utah-based plastic and reconstructive surgeon, military veteran, and medical missionary was indicted on three federal felonies. His crime? He provided vaccine cards to patients who had informedly chosen not to receive the experimental COVID-19 shot.

The system didn’t like that. The system wanted obedience. But Dr. Moore offered something else entirely: ethical conviction.

He wasn’t trafficking deception. He wasn’t exploiting trust. He was simply honoring informed consent—the cornerstone of every sacred relationship between a healer and the one seeking healing. These patients weren’t seeking protection from a virus. They were seeking protection from coercion. And Dr. Moore met them in that vulnerable place with courage, not control.

The Charges Are Gone—But the Real Story Isn’t

The court dropped all charges. Mid-trial. Abruptly. That alone says something.

But the greater conversation must not get lost in the legal headlines.

Did Dr. Moore break a law under the current regime? No, not probably.


Did he break faith with the ethics that undergird this profession? Not for a moment.

Let’s break this down through a different lens—the 2025 Code of Ethics, rewritten for the modern battlefield of medicine:

  • Respect human dignity – even when the system forgets to.

  • Put loyalty where it belongs – to the person in front of you, not to institutions with shifting interests.

  • Advocate for rights and safety – especially when doing so is unpopular.

  • Protect your own integrity – because moral injury is real and costly.

  • Lead with courage when the system fails – because history won’t remember the compliant.

Dr. Moore didn’t just check those boxes. He embodied them.

The Quiet Kind of Brave

Some critics have said he should’ve shouted louder, stood bolder, gone more public. Maybe. But there’s a particular kind of bravery that doesn’t require a stage.

There’s the kind that happens in the exam room, in the hush of sacred trust, when no one's watching—and yet everything’s at stake.

That’s what Dr. Moore offered. Not noise. Not spectacle. Just courage with skin on.

This Isn’t Just About One Doctor

It’s about every practitioner wrestling with impossible choices in an unethical system. It’s about reclaiming the soul of a profession that was never meant to serve bureaucracy before people.

Because sometimes, doing no harm means resisting the very system that claims to keep us safe.

And sometimes, that resistance is quiet. Unprofitable. Lonely.

But it’s no less righteous.

Jodi O'Malley, MSN RN

Jodi O’Malley, MSN, RN is a multifaceted professional, encompassing roles as an author, columnist, radio host, and motivational speaker. With a background as a transformative life strategist and a faith-based master’s prepared ER nurse, her career path took a dramatic turn when her advocacy for transparency in healthcare led to her sharing an insider video with Project Veritas. This courageous act revealed significant underreported vaccine injuries and systemic corruption within the healthcare system, where policies overshadowed patient rights.

Jodi O'Malley, MSN RN

Jodi O’Malley, MSN, RN is a multifaceted professional, encompassing roles as an author, columnist, radio host, and motivational speaker. With a background as a transformative life strategist and a faith-based master’s prepared ER nurse, her career path took a dramatic turn when her advocacy for transparency in healthcare led to her sharing an insider video with Project Veritas. This courageous act revealed significant underreported vaccine injuries and systemic corruption within the healthcare system, where policies overshadowed patient rights.

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