ANTIOCH, Calif. (KNX) — A group of Northern California parents are infuriated over a mistake that happened at a Bay area COVID-19 vaccine clinic last weekend. Sutter Health has confirmed at least 14 children were given the wrong dose of the vaccine - but did not disclose the ages of the children involved.
Denise Iserloth's children, ages 8 and 11, were among the group who received pediatric doses of the COVID-19 vaccine last weekend at Sutter Health’s Antioch pediatric vaccine clinic, according to KGO, an ABC station in the Bay Area.
Iserloth said clinicians did explain what happened, but that didn’t make it any easier to watch her 11-year-old fall down twice 10 hours after being vaccinated.
"They absolutely failed my children and the other 12 children involved," Iserloth told KGO, explaining that her children were double the recommended dose of vaccine — 20 micrograms instead of 10.
In an interview with KGO, Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UC San Francisco said there’s no need to worry about long-term effects.
He told the news station that during clinical trials, kids were given between 10 and 20 micrograms - and even the adult dose of 30 micrograms and negative effects in those higher doses were not seen.
In a statement following the incident, Dr. Jimmy Hu - the Chair of the Sutter Health COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, said "As soon as we learned of this, we contacted the parents and advised them of CDC guidance in this situation,” and added that Sutter Health has already reviewed its processes to make sure it never happens again.
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