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The needle still has the plastic cap on it.

Consequently Kate is either gaslighting everyone or she has scored cancer from elsewhere. Palace food maybe.

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Every time someone famous says he or she has a very rare form of cancer, the best thing to do is to assume they are lying. It's only business, nothing personal.

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The "professional' is not wearing gloves?

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They forgot the cap. Real magic requires sleight of hand to distract.

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...not that I have been trained in this but isn't the injector supposed to pinch the arm up as well, to make sure there is enough flesh there to inject? He's just resting his hand on her arm.

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I've seen a few nurses do that but I don't do it. I can feel when the tip of the needle goes from the sub q into the muscle though because the fascia covering it is easy to feel.

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They are supposed to cup the muscle for an IM shot—at least that’s how it was done in the last century. They also were supposed to retract the plunger to verify they had not hit a blood vessel, but I have been informed that is no longer taught. Supposedly, it is too expensive to replace the needle, syringe, and contents if the shot was being given incorrectly. (Bolus Theory followers probably would want to comment here.) I do not think the cap is on. I think that’s the sleeve. Also, one could obtain a shorter length needle with a larger bore for slight people. So I am not sure the argument that she is not receiving the shot is dispositive here. I do think the strongest point is that they wouldn’t want to risk the public seeing a “rare” adverse effect immediately following the shot. You know, like Tiffany Dover.

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