COVID-19 Vaccine rollout: Australia's accidental overdose not first in the world

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The accidental COVID19 vaccine overdose given to two elderly Australians is not the first mishap to hit vaccination trials around the world. 9News

, the company said it "does not recommend specific treatment" for an overdose. It instead listed emergency steps.

"The safeguards that were put in place immediately kicked into action and a nurse on the scene identified the fact that a higher than prescribed amount of the dose was given to two patients.He said all medical staff administering the Pfizer vaccines were required to complete "highly developed modules".Australia's vaccine rollout is broken down into phases.

Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly said early clinical trials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine had experimented with different dosages up to four times the prescribed amount. "Second of all, as has been mentioned by the minister, we are aware of several cases like this happening early in the phased rollout through residential aged care facilities in Germany and the UK."The side effect profile was minimal, particularly in older people, so that gives us hope."

 

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So they got a reaction to the vax?

How are people not worried that our own leader is lying and the prof is right in their face.

Well probably if the only qualification wasnt a Gender Studies Degree, apparently that qualifies you for anything. A government report into teaching stated “teachers can not pass a year 9 maths or english exam” so with a yr 8 equivalent education they made it through university

Don’t you love how these problems occur, probably on purpose..

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