I don’t think any amount of de-specializing would be enough to trust the ignorant and/or malicious masses could or would self-administer adequately.
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Nathanator@lemmy.world 6 months agoMaybe one way of looking at it might be : this would be safe enough you could trust people to self-administer, and you could therefore take the professional with the needle out of the equation.
90 seconds of one person’s time has got to be better than the quick jab by two people, no?
ech@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Nathanator@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re right. Can’t just post them to folks and expect 100% uptake. It might widen the possibilities of more people getting more vaccines, though. In my books, this can only be a good thing.
ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Depending on how specific the injection needs to be, there are a number of scenarios in which people can self-administer injections. So, ignoring people who physically can’t self-administer, it isn’t that dramatic a change.
I can’t help but feel that the professional would be even more necessary to administer this correctly and not just wasting a treatment/dose doing it wrong, whilst under the illusion that you did it right.
Nathanator@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I agree! Auto injectors aren’t cheap compared to ye olde trusty ampule and syringe, and this might push the costs towards the higher end again. I can see a kids-and-the-latex-allegic edge case scenario.
Can’t wait to see what develops 😄