The launch of Coronavirus disease vaccine Has been destroyed by a series of misfortunes. Some are the result of incorrect dosages, while others are the result of mistakes by vaccine administrators. In either case, they showed the sensitivity of distributing COVID shots.
The following are some of the confusion that occurred with the COVID vaccine in 2021:
Vaccine instead of flu vaccine
In early October, a Family from Evansville, Indiana, Received Pfizer COVID vaccine instead of flu vaccine at Walgreens pharmacy, including their two children, aged 4 and 5 years old. The family received a call from the pharmacy and explained the error, blow Report.
The COVID vaccine given was an adult version before Pfizer’s COVID vaccine was approved for low-dose vaccines for children under 12 years of age.
At that time, both children had symptoms such as fever, body aches, cough, headache and nausea. The news media said that both of them were treated by pediatric cardiologists for tachycardia and high blood pressure.
In a statement, Walgreens spokesperson Chris Lesen told Charlotte Observer“This situation is rare, and Walgreens attaches great importance to these issues.”
Six times the normal dose
October, one 17 year old girl She received six times the normal dose of Pfizer vaccine at the CVS pharmacy in Salem, Virginia, because she hopes to be vaccinated next year to return to the Philippines.
according to WSLS, NBC branch in Roanoke, Virginia, the girl received the entire vial containing six doses of Pfizer vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine needs to be vaccinated in two divided doses, several weeks apart.
According to the news media, the girl was taken to the hospital due to swollen arms, irregular heart rate and nausea after the injection. WSLS said she also reported that she felt dizzy and worried about the long-term side effects of the injection.
CVS said in a statement: “Vaccination errors are a very rare situation, but if it does happen, we will work with the patient to notify their doctor, report the incident to the appropriate regulatory agency, and take steps to help prevent it. Happened again.”
too young
In another example, a child received an adult injection when it shouldn’t be. 8 year old boy The Moderna vaccine was vaccinated at a drive-through vaccination site in Texas. It happened after his father registered him for an appointment after being confused about the age requirement. KTVT, A CBS subsidiary based in Dallas, reported in April.
The Moderna vaccine has not been approved for people under 18 years of age.
At the site where approximately 3,800 people were vaccinated that day, there is a question of how the child passed through the system and vaccinated.
Fire Chief Robert Fetter told KXAS, From the NBC affiliate in Fort Worth, “We have some questions about how children under 18 can get registered. If there is a malfunctioning system, then we don’t even have to worry because you can’t register.”
3 times instead of 2
A sort of 95 year old lady The COVID vaccine from Canada received three doses instead of the two required when accidentally confused.
The woman received a second dose of the vaccine in a nursing home in Toronto. Two days later, when she was admitted to the hospital with a leg injury, her nursing facility said that she had not been vaccinated, and she received a third dose of the vaccine. Use it, CCTV News Reported in March.
Although the nursing home tried to correct their mistakes, it was too late and the woman had received a third dose of the vaccine. According to CTV News, the woman developed side effects after the second and third injections, which made her “completely unable to speak”.
The lady became more and more confused, “completely incapable”. The woman did contract asymptomatic COVID in December 2020.
Nothing lens
In March, a pharmacy in Kroger, Virginia vaccinated a small group of people “Empty” Syringe COVID vaccine in accidents.
Kroger said this was an “honest mistake.” It continued: “We contacted all affected customers and now they have been vaccinated against COVID-19. We apologize for this negligence and the inconvenience caused to these customers.”
At that time, people thought that these injections were normal saline, but after further investigation, they found that they were actually empty syringes. World Resource CenterAccording to reports, the ABC subsidiary in Richmond.
Kroger told the news media that this error was caused by an ordering error and did not endanger anyone’s health. The company stated that it was quickly corrected.
Too many shots at once
A sort of 91-year-old Ohioan He almost died in February after receiving multiple doses of COVID injections on the same day.
After the man was mistaken for another man of the same name in the rehabilitation center, he received two doses of Moderna vaccine within four hours instead of the required interval of several weeks, and then he began to go into shock. Cincinnati Inquirer Report.
Soon after taking the second medication, the man felt extremely tired and passed out. Then he entered “respiratory distress”.
His daughter wrote in a letter Facebook posts At that time, “I was told by the emergency room… he was dying… he was still there, but the road was bumpy.”
Photo: AFP/Javier Torres
