@silence7@slrpnk.net to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish • 6 months agoLong Island Midwife Gave Pellets Instead of Vaccines to 1,500 Childrenwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1178starcopymore-verticalflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•6 months agoIt’s not that it’s hard, but you need to have qualifications to avoid fakers. arrow-up14file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink2•6 months agoAnd to that point why not authorize a midwife to vaccinate? They’re already delivering a baby. arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoThese were not newborns. They were school age kids. arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•6 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. arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•6 months agoI mean, I don’t trust midwives as it is. But their “expertise” is limited to delivering babies. arrow-up12file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•6 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? arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 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. arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@atzanteol@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•6 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. arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@derf82@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•6 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? arrow-up11file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
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?