Vets have been trying to access the vaccinator roles.
We've generally got a bit of experience at whacking jabs into reluctant beasts. We've also generally got a bedside manner that can steer people through deciding on the deliberate death of their best friend. I worked on foot and mouth, several hundred intra-cardiac injections in lambs in one day, with the final one being held by the farmer's wife and turning into a euthanasia consult, whilst stood knee deep in bodies. Most vets will have similar experiences.
After finally getting access through online, wading through online registration and two video interviews, my application to volunteer is now sat in some queue somewhere, as are many others.
One colleague got further via a local application, and is wading their way through over 20hours of online training. The components describing what to do with anaphylaxis (calling for the overseeing doctor/nurse), and landmarks on the shoulder for jabs, very useful. The components apparently include spotting radicalisation, conflict management, fire safety, lifting heavy stuff, diversity and inclusion, patient advocacy. Truly, something to look forward to as and when my application gets processed that far.
The Foot and Mouth, when we had the help of soldiers on the farm visits, everything was superbly organised. When we relied on beaurocratic administrators sat on desks - went to shit.
Line them up, roll up the sleeves, away we go. Perhaps the very occasional anaphylaxis reaction may get slightly suboptimal treatment, as worst case scenario, and its entirely possible that an incorrect pronoun may get used here or there. However, with over five hundred dying each day, we'll save thousands of lives if we get vaccines into these people faster.