Compilation of Mistaken H1N1 Vaccinations to Children Who Had Exemptions
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For those of you who have kids in public school and have not consented to have your child injected with the H1N1 vaccine - you better be careful !!!
Take a look at these headlines from around the country.
If anyone knows of more instances, please post them:
Ohio Boy Given H1N1 Vaccine Against Mom's Wishes
Friday, October 30, 2009
OREGON, Ohio — A furious Ohio mother says her 7-year-old son, who has had problems with medications, was vaccinated for swine flu at school against her wishes.
Kim Lutheran works as a nurse and says her son, Matthew, has had bad reactions to medicine. So, she says she signed for "no consent" on a vaccination form and then circled her intentions with a black marker to make things clear to the boy's public school in the Toledo suburb of Oregon.
Lutheran says she learned Matthew still received a shot on Monday. She says the local health department must be held accountable.
Deputy Health Commissioner Larry Vasko says his agency has responded by changing the consent forms, telling parents not to sign or return them if they do not want their children vaccinated.
Lutheran told the Toledo Blade that her son was sent back to his classroom after handing in his no consent form, only to sent back to the nurse's office a short time later where he was given the H1N1 Vaccine.
"He got sent back again by himself into strange room with these strange people," she told the newspaper. "Supposedly three people looked at this piece of paper before he went to the R.N. who gave him the immunization. ... He's 7. He didn't know."
Another NYC student gets flu vaccine by mistake: Dept. of Ed. officials
Officials admitted on Friday that a third student was mistakenly given the swine flu vaccine - an error the school nurses union blamed on the city.
Three children have received the H1N1 vaccine without parental permission - including a kid at Public School 8 on Staten Island - since the in-school program began.
Public school nurses give swine flu vaccine to kids without parents' OK, sends child to hospital
School nurses mistakenly gave the swine flu vaccine to two students who didn't sign up for it - including a Brooklyn girl with epilepsy who wound up in the hospital.
"I was outraged," Naomi Troy, 26, told the Daily News after her 6-year-old daughter, Nikiyah Torres-Pierre, had a possible allergic reaction to the shot.
Officials at Public School 335 in Crown Heights called an ambulance to take Nikiyah to SUNY Downstate Medical Center when she fell ill following the arm jab.
"My stomach was hurting, and I was itching," Nikiyah said after she was released from the hospital.
When the nurse called for a student Thursday morning, Nikiyah's teacher misunderstood and sent the wrong student, Troy said.
The error was compounded when the nurse didn't check Nikiyah's name before sticking her in the shoulder, the mother said.
"The school made a horrible mistake," she added. "They never asked for her name. They have no paperwork....How do you make a mistake like this?"
After the mistake was discovered, officials summoned Troy to the school, she said.
Troy said the nurse - a Department of Health employee - tried to get her to sign a consent form, after the fact.
"I was insulted. I was really angry. 'You just incriminated yourself even more,'" Troy recalled thinking.
Kentucky Health workers give wrong child vaccine
Parents are upset and wonder how this could happen.
A Montgomery County father is upset, because his child was given the season flu vaccine by accident.
The flu mist vaccine was administered by workers from the Montgomery County Health Department. The health department takes care of day-to-day school health needs at Camargo Elementary School.
School officials say the health worker mistook seven-year-old Jacob Wages for another child with a similar name, and gave him the vaccine.
Wages' father Matthew Angel was he's upset, because he specifically denied permission for his son to receive the shot.
Montgomery County Health Department spokeswoman Pam Spradling says an investigation has been launched to see exactly how this sort of mix-up happened.
Underage: H1N1 Vaccine Mistakenly Given To Cleveland Toddlers (video included at this link)
output(WOIO) - 19 Action News has learned some of the H1N1 nasal spray vaccines may have been given to toddlers - a huge mistake.
The children - under the approved age - were given a nasal spray vaccine at this week's clinic at Gunning Rec Center.
This, as many concerned citizens are desperately seeking the shot.
19 Action News Reporter Jen Picciano has details.
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for Rand and spacehabitats
Oh, and anyone who wants full disclosure regarding the things being injected into them.
Batch of H1N1 vaccine recalled for severe reactions - Canada
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3 children in VT receive swine flu vax without parent’s consent
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Flu clinics scrutinized
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WTF !!!!
"We did not vaccinate any child who didn't want it"
So does that mean they asked the little kids instead of going by a parent's consent form?
What in the HELL does that statement even mean?
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Michigan Kids Receive Wrong H1N1 Vaccine Dose
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Clinic Says Approximately 40 Kids Need To Be Re-Vaccinated
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Teen Activists Cover H1N1 Vaccine Clinic For Pregnant Women
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I'm very proud of these youngsters.
(video) Teen Activists Cover H1N1 Vaccine Clinic For Pregnant Women
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It looks like Canada is having widespread "mistakes"
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Parents outraged, but expert says don't worry about H1N1 double doses for kids
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TORONTO — Families in several provinces were expressing outrage and concern Tuesday after they said their children got double the recommended dose of the H1N1 vaccine, but at least one medical expert said there's little need for concern.
Parents in Ontario, Manitoba and British Columbia have reported that their children received the amount in the adult dose instead of the pediatric dose of the swine flu shot.
The Public Health Agency of Canada has received reports of the wrong dose being given out to children but cannot provide exact figures, said spokeswoman Nadia Mostafa, who referred the question to provincial health ministries.
The agency's guidelines call for adults to receive 0.5 ml in a single shot of the adjuvanted vaccine. The recommendation for children between six months of age to nine years is two half doses at least three weeks apart.
A stressed-out father in Delta, B.C., urged parents to check the dose themselves before their children get the shot. Jeevan Tauro said his three-year-old daughter and 17-month-old son were given the 0.5 ml dose at a Burnaby walk-in clinic Nov. 3.
In a telephone interview from his home Tuesday, Tauro said he asked the doctor if they should return to the clinic three weeks later to get the second half of the flu shot, but the doctor told him not to.
The doctor said there was only one shot and no subsequent vaccination, "so that raised my doubts (as to) what he had actually done," said Tauro.
The receptionist told him his children had received the full adult dose, he said.
Tauro said his son Ruhin developed a fever the next day, and suffered a seizure four days later and was rushed to hospital. He said a pediatrician told him two days later that Ruhin's high fever was related to the flu shot and that the fever had caused the seizure.
He was told to give his son Tylenol and the boy is doing better now, he said.
The Public Health Agency of Canada says on its website that reactions to the vaccine were higher in clinical trials for children who received a full dose as compared to those who received two half-doses.
The agency says the majority of adverse events are minor reactions, such as soreness at the injection site or a slight fever. However, it does state that sometimes more serious events are reported - including seizures in rare cases.
Dr. David Scheifele, director of the UBC Vaccine Evaluation Centre at B.C.'s Children's Hospital, said dosing errors happen all the time with seasonal flu vaccine and parents shouldn't worry.
"Giving a young kid the adult dose may increase the mild side-effect rate slightly. The leg will be a bit sorer, the kid a little crankier. And maybe the risk for fever is increased," he said.
"But the rate of high fever sufficient to trigger febrile convulsions has been extremely low with this vaccine."
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Thanks for posting this
The media is so predictable, always letting the doctors who minimize the damage take all the limelight. If there is nothing to worry about, why concern ourselves with dosages at all? Why not routinely give children double doses...think of how much $$$$ the vaccine makers could charge for that! This was probably deliberately done as an experiment.
Good point, pseudonym.
"If there is nothing to worry about, why concern ourselves with dosages at all?"
Nothing wrong with a little seizure now and again, eh?
Good grief. It's crazy how people, especially doctors, poo-poo things like this.
Interesting questions to a vaccine maker
on You Tube
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
" I will take REAL money and YOU
can have the change "
When are people going to
When are people going to question this crap? Someone I know said she was mildly sick and had blood work that came back positive for H1N1. They advised her to get the H1N1 vaccine asap. Does this make sense at all? Provided that vaccines actually work, wouldn't (under their theory) the body have already produced the antigens from the real virus? So why would she be recommended to take a vaccine? Maybe I'm missing something.
Yet ANOTHER mistake - this time in Naples, Florida
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77 students given incorrect flu shot
Posted: Nov 10, 2009 12:29 PM EST
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Yet another mistake - this time in San Diego
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Flu spray mix-up occurs at clinic
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at midnight
As many as 18 people who sought swine flu vaccination from a county-run clinic on Oct. 15 were mistakenly immunized for common seasonal influenza, public health officials said yesterday.
The error occurred when a nurse thought two boxes of nasal spray vaccine for the regular flu were doses for H1N1 influenza, said Dr. Wilma Wooten, the county’s public health officer. Labeling for the two types of vaccine is very similar, she said.
County health officials now mark boxes of swine flu vaccine with a large red “X” to distinguish them from other packages, Wooten said.
They narrowed the possibly affected patients to 47 children and adults who received nasal spray vaccine on Oct. 15 from the nurse at 5202 University Ave. in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood. The county couldn’t determine exactly which people got the wrong inoculations, so the entire group was offered the chance to receive a new swine flu vaccination.
“This was an isolated incident limited to one nurse and one clinic, and we have taken action” to prevent the same mistake from happening again, Wooten said.
The mix-up means that some individuals might have received two H1N1 vaccine doses while others might have gotten a second dose for seasonal flu — if they were previously inoculated for common influenza.
Getting vaccinated twice for any type of flu generally doesn’t pose a health risk, Wooten said.
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Yet another vaccine mistake - this time in Canada
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Aren't all of these foul-ups convenient?
Why would anyone entrust their children to these pharm-ghouls?
From 11-8-09:
11 children in Brampton get double dose of H1N1 flu shot by mistake
BRAMPTON - A Brampton father is upset to learn his daughter is among almost a dozen children in Brampton who received double the recommended dose of the H1N1 flu vaccine.
Ted Hedrich says his three-year-old daughter, Selena, was one of 11 children who were mistakenly given the higher dose by a nurse working at the Indell Lane clinic on Monday afternoon.
Hedrich told Toronto television station CITY TV that his daughter is at high risk for the swine flu, so he and his wife decided she should be vaccinated, but now they're torn about whether it was the right decision.
Within an hour, someone caught the nurse's error, but Hedrich says he wasn't notified until three days later and adds his daughter woke up sick with flu-like symptoms the day after getting the vaccine.
Health officials have instructed their staff to give children half the adult dose of 0.5 ml initially and the other half several weeks later.
Peel Region's associate medical officer of health, Dr. Kathleen Dooling, says there are no significant ill effects found for children at this dosage level and Peel Region is investigating how the error occurred and taking steps to ensure it is not repeated.
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Here's a new related article by Mike Adams - the "Health Ranger"
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Parents: Send this note to your school principal to protect your child from swine flu vaccinations
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If they'd all sue the pants off
of these school districts, I'm sure the loss of money would motivate them from even CONSIDERING doing a mass vaccination like this again. I'd give up all my extras just to get a good lawyer to sue them for assault...and Win!
+...Pray for Your Enemies and Moral Courage for Righteous Leaders, so that Justice Will Be Delivered to the Innocent...+
I have had the swine flu...
If this crap is so bad why isn't the US doing what Ukraine is doing:
http://www.nytimes.com/20...
This is from Ron Paul, my hero by the way, and he is the reason
I opened my mind, and eyes to our government:
http://www.youtube.com/wa...
Don't ya love this part:
to hell with signing that....
and I hope she sues the crap out of them. I do not believe in sueing, but this is one instance that this parent should, and should do it immediately. I cannot believe this school did this, I am so pissed off about this I cannot type anymore.
Not H1N1-related, but another example of a mix up
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My question is, how many thousands of times do these things happen and DON'T get reported/noticed?
Out of New Zealand, Sept 16th, 2009:
Nurse gives Hamilton boy wrong vaccine
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Making sure you all saw these additional "mix ups"
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Please provide more stories if you have.
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Flu clinic 'overdoses' 7 children - Flagstaff, AZ
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The "mistakes" just keep rolling along:
Flu clinic 'overdoses' 7 children
Each mistakenly receives an adult dose of the H1N1 vaccine, but county health officials say the parents have reported no adverse effects.
By CYNDY COLE
Sun Staff Reporter
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Lawrence Walters and his wife were among the hundreds of families in Flagstaff going for an H1N1 flu vaccine on Saturday, seeking to protect their 8-month-old daughter.
The baby received the shot from a couple of nursing students on Saturday morning. Then a doctor called Walters on Saturday night to say the Coconino County Health Department had made a mistake.
The baby had received more vaccine than she should have, via a pre-filled injection.
"He said that it was twice the normal dose for a baby and that there was probably nothing to worry about because it was not live vaccine," Walter said. "But he's basically reading the pamphlet on the vaccine from Novartis -- he's basically reading that to us over the phone."
Concerned for the health of his daughter, Walters called the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday, which referred him to the Food and Drug Administration, which referred him to a sub-office within the FDA.
The office within the FDA did not immediately respond to press phone calls on Monday.
Six other children ages 6 months to 9 years old were also double-dosed in a Saturday flu clinic where a total of 704 people were vaccinated, according to the Coconino County Health Department.
"We contacted all of the families as soon as we learned of the issue and asked about any adverse side effects. None were affected," said Health Department Director Barbara Worgess.
These children will still need a second round of flu vaccine to have immunity.
It's possible that similar packaging between the vaccines for adults and those for children could have led to confusion. Worgess said. More training is being conducted to avoid future mistakes.
The baby girl appears healthy, Walters said, but he was disappointed.
"It's just kind of a bummer because I'm washing my hands and avoiding silly public functions to reduce my baby's exposure, and here I go to the place that I trust and they make a mistake," he said.
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Yet another "mix up"
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(video) ABC 7 asks D.C. Mayor Fenty about a swine flu innoculation mix-up (double dosage) involving the city"s police officers.from ABC 7 News
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Just want to make sure all you parents with exemptions.....
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These demons will still "slip-up" and stick-up your kid if they are out of YOUR care and in THEIRS.
How could anyone expect anything less when you have turned over YOUR responsibilty of caring for your children to the state?
Yes, I realize many have no "choice" when it comes to how their kids are educated, but we - as a society - shouldn't have allowed ourselves to become so cozy with the government taking care of all our "needs".
Now they have us all by the b@LLz.
I'm screwed also on so many fronts....I'm not trying to say I have it all figured out.
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My 15 year old daughter knows her rights, and will not let any..
of these thugs give her a vaccination period. She had been made aware of the dangers, and problems, but has also been told she can always call her parents if this is forced on her. She has also been given permission to leave her school if necessary if these vaccinations are forced on her in any way. We as parents are responsible for our children, and making sure they know as much as they should know from us what school officials can and cannot do period.
My kids will be taught syringe self-defense
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If they are ever put in a position to where they are forcibly vaccinated, they are to turn the syringe around and place it inside the offending vaccinator.
It should be nutritious for the would-be offender, right?....if they believe in them so much?
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I've been thinking the same
I've been thinking the same thing since this whole vaccination hoax started. On the second day of school I talked to the Principal and to the school nurse. They assured me there was a solid opt out and signatures were needed - I said I believed that mistakes could easily be made despite competent people. Since then I have let every staff person working with my child know that vaccinations are not allowed. I emailed a photo of my child to the nurse to make sure she knew what she looks like and I requested advance notice of any implementation of a vaccine clinic on site or coordination with any other entity that would conduct vaccinations of the school's children because I will be withdrawing my child from school for the duration of the vaccination program. I let them know that I may be overzealous but I cannot risk losing all the progress my child has made recovering from autism. I will take my child out to be 100% certain. My fear is that they won't notify us in advance and/or they will mandate the shot.
Victoria...
I cannot say in words how sorry I am that your child suffers from Autism. You probably already know what some of the vaccines given to babies have caused, and unfortunately Autism is one of them. I have seen it,I use to work with developmentally disabled individuals.
Thanks Tessie, I actually
Thanks Tessie, I actually have 2 victims of vaccination related autism. The good news is my daughter has recovered and my son is still recovering. This is a nightmare for families and so I always chime in on this topic because I want to make sure other parents and the naysayers out there know the consequences to getting routine shots. I also do want people to understand that there is opportunity for recovery with much work and intervention. Parents should not give up in despair because there is so much to do to rescue their child. Autism, in my view, is merely the symptoms of neurological damage. If parents take action, particularly in children under 5-6, the brain has the amazing ability to grown new neural pathways with proper stimulation and nutrition.
But this flu hoax madness is especially frightening because should it continue they will undoubtedly close any opt out and possibly mandate and/or quarantine refusers. That puts us in a very scary quandary.
Found another "mistake" in Boone, North Carolina
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H1N1 Vaccine Mix-up
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Thanks
for sharing this.
You're welcome...and PLEASE provide more news stories if known
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Wish there would be some heads rolling over this..
but we'll probably never hear about it again. Unfortunately this smells a whole lot like government run health care to me. Some day the people will learn. :O(
Thanks for
sharing this very important information...I am enraged over this matter...
Just gives me one more reason to homeschool
and to be angry enough to advise others to do the same!
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Same here
Homeschooling guarantees f-ups like this never happen. But more than that, the whole idea of vaccines being given at school, instead of a clinical setting, is outrageous.