VACCINE-HESITANT patients are going to some pretty extreme lengths to avoid getting COVID-19 shots, while attempting to have health records show they have been immunised.
While many have attempted to offer bribes or payment to someone else to take a needle for them, others have been a little more creative in their efforts to dodge the jab.
One such example of a novel approach to sidestepping the vaccine was foiled when an Italian dentist rolled up his sleeve to receive a shot.
However, nurse, Filippa Bua, noticed something was not quite right about the man's arm.
"When I uncovered the arm, I felt skin that was cold and gummy, and the color was too light," Bua told Corriere della Sera.
She then asked the 57-year-old to remove his shirt, which revealed a silicone arm.
"I understood immediately that the man was trying to avoid the vaccination by using a silicone prosthetic, into which he hoped that I would inject the drug, unaware," she said.
Bua added that the man had confessed that he did not want the vaccine, but had hoped he would be able to fool her to get a "super health pass", which would allow him to go to restaurants, cinemas and other venues.
The dentist, who has been suspended from practice, is now facing fraud charges over the incident.
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