OT Volunteering - really?

[ARW]

My SiL is volunteering to work at a vaccine centre today for £90 per hour.

[nightjar]

Volunteer does not mean unpaid. It simply means a person who is willing to do something they are not required to do.

[Jim GM4DHJ ...]

beats me why they are all burnt out and exhausted just giving jags ......they should try a real job

[Scott]

Yes, as in, 'I need three volunteers. You, you and you will do'.

[Andrew]

The army just lines the sqaddies up and bang, bang, bang along the line. No need to change needles.

[Scott]

I remember (not in the army) when it was done with a high pressure gun like they used for the animals. Because no needle was used and the process was contactless, the vaccinator could move from arm to arm.

I believe the method is banned now because of the risk of spray from person A contaminating the gun then contaminating future doses given to B, C and D..

[Chris Hogg]

Polio vaccinations were done with a 'gun' like you describe, back in the early 1950's when I had mine done. Us kids were all lined up, upper arm exposed and wiped with a disinfectant swab, step forward to the nurse - squirt - next! Very much quicker than the Covid vaccination.

I asked a local retired GP why they couldn't do Covid vaccine that way, as it could potentially be much quicker, and he said this vaccine has to be delivered deep into the muscle, which those gas gun injectors don't do.

[Brian]

The Company I worked for in the 1980s (possibly 90s) arranged a flu vaccination for those who wanted it which was delivered via a ?gun? system.

From memory, it looked like one of those air gun things you use to blow dust / filings away when cutting material.

It didn?t hurt but you felt it more than an injection by an experienced person.

Probably slightly quicker in terms of injecting but much quicker in terms of prep and clear up etc for mass use.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

That is hardly volunteering is it. I have a friend who is volunteering as she is paid nothing but fuel allowance and has to police and keep in line those waiting for vaccinations. Brian

[Jeff Layman]

[nightjar]

There was a bout of cross-infection from using them, although the manufacturer maintained that was due to improper use, rather than poor design.

[Max Demian]

Like getting a job.

[Pamela]

That's because it's a needle-less system although it's not used for Covid vaccines.

[Pamela]

Dr John Campbell on YouTube has persuaded his large following that Covid vaccines are being given incorrectly because the syringe is not aspirated (drawing back the plunger to prevent injecting into a vein). A high pressure injection might overcome their worries.

However conspiracy theorists would probably still think a microchip is getting inserted. Sigh.

[Pamela]

[Max Demian]

Like "diversity training" and child protection checks even if no children are present.

[Andy Burns]

Although all 5 vaccinations I've had in the past 12 months were (I think) given by nurses, there is no requirement that covid jabs are given by qualified/registered healthcare professionals, there are "lay vaccinators" who have had some training.

[charles]

My booster was given by a retired doctor, the others came from lay staff.

[Owain Lastname]

I got two dentists and two nurses.

Rather glad I didn't get the squaddie in the next booth.

Owain

[ARW]

It's a bio weapon not a microchip around here:-)