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minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoIt’s not that it’s hard, but you need to have qualifications to avoid fakers.
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-1•9 months agoAnd to that point why not authorize a midwife to vaccinate? They’re already delivering a baby.
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoThese were not newborns. They were school age kids.
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•9 months agoAh - yeah - I just mean that if you’re going to trust somebody to be a midwife it’s not much of a stretch to trust them to do vaccinations.
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoI mean, I don’t trust midwives as it is. But their “expertise” is limited to delivering babies.
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink0•9 months agoI don’t understand what you’re objecting to. Why wouldn’t you want more people being able to distribute vaccines? Making it easier for people to get vaccinated is a Good Thing™. What “expertise” do you think is needed?
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoThis woman wasn’t distrusting vaccines, she was helping people fake them. More people with fewer qualifications to offer them is more opportunity for antivaxxers to help people fake vaccination.
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•9 months ago This woman wasn’t distrusting vaccines, she was helping people fake them. I… I know. More people with fewer qualifications to offer them is more opportunity for antivaxxers to help people fake vaccination. And less people with qualifications to administer vaccines means fewer people vaccinated.
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•9 months agoIs that really a major problem? I know during the pandemic it was an issue, but who can’t get an MRR due to not enough doctors available?
It’s not that it’s hard, but you need to have qualifications to avoid fakers.
And to that point why not authorize a midwife to vaccinate? They’re already delivering a baby.
These were not newborns. They were school age kids.
Ah - yeah - I just mean that if you’re going to trust somebody to be a midwife it’s not much of a stretch to trust them to do vaccinations.
I mean, I don’t trust midwives as it is. But their “expertise” is limited to delivering babies.
I don’t understand what you’re objecting to. Why wouldn’t you want more people being able to distribute vaccines? Making it easier for people to get vaccinated is a Good Thing™. What “expertise” do you think is needed?
This woman wasn’t distrusting vaccines, she was helping people fake them.
More people with fewer qualifications to offer them is more opportunity for antivaxxers to help people fake vaccination.
I… I know.
And less people with qualifications to administer vaccines means fewer people vaccinated.
Is that really a major problem? I know during the pandemic it was an issue, but who can’t get an MRR due to not enough doctors available?