Tbf that’s a problem that could be fixed very quickly if vet schools would just let more people in. They deliberately limit admissions to make sure vet salaries stay high. There are thousands of perfectly qualified people every year who apply to vet school and don’t get in.
Edit: To be very clear that doesn’t make the disregard for human life okay, just wanted to point out that the vet shortage is manufactured
You're not wrong, but veterinarians also have an incredibly high debt to income ratio relative to other medical professionals and one of the highest suicide rates of any profession. Those two things are not directly cause and effect, but they are certainly highly correlated.
I don't know what the right answer is, aside from fully automated luxury communism.
Tbf that’s a problem that could be fixed very quickly if vet schools would just let more people in. They deliberately limit admissions to make sure vet salaries stay high. There are thousands of perfectly qualified people every year who apply to vet school and don’t get in.
Edit: To be very clear that doesn’t make the disregard for human life okay, just wanted to point out that the vet shortage is manufactured
Also grading on a curve to limit the number of graduates rather than passing people based on a fixed standard.
You're not wrong, but veterinarians also have an incredibly high debt to income ratio relative to other medical professionals and one of the highest suicide rates of any profession. Those two things are not directly cause and effect, but they are certainly highly correlated.
I don't know what the right answer is, aside from fully automated luxury communism.