{"id":1004844,"date":"2021-11-12T20:14:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:14:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004844"},"modified":"2021-11-12T20:14:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T01:14:33","slug":"112-kids-in-va-receive-adult-dosage-of-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/112-kids-in-va-receive-adult-dosage-of-covid-19-vaccine\/","title":{"rendered":"112 kids in Va. receive adult dosage of COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2F112-kids-in-va-receive-adult-dosage-of-covid-19-vaccine%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1004844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2579577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2579577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vial of the new children\u2019s dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine (that will supply ten doses, once reconstituted) sits in the foreground as children play in a hospital room waiting to be able to receive the vaccine at Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut on November 2, 2021. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 4:29 PM PT \u2013 Friday, November 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A pharmacy in Virginia mistakenly gave more than 100 children the adult dosage of the COVID-19 vaccine. However, this isn\u2019t the first occurrence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy warning to parents is ask for the orange cap. Demand to see the orange cap,\u201d said one parent, Dasha Hermosilla.<\/p>\n<p>The Virginia Department of Health confirmed 112 children were given the adult dosage of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Loudoun County. Ted Pharmacy in Aldie, Virginia is now banned from administering any COVID vaccines for children and adults after recklessly inoculating kids with the wrong dosage.<\/p>\n<p>Loudoun County Health Department Director Dr. David Goodfriend said the pharmacy \u201cattempted to provide a proper dose\u201d of the adult vaccine to children due to the vials for children not being shipped yet.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Ted Pharmacy tried to do is to get the correct dosage of 10 micrograms to kids by giving one-third of that or .1 milliliters of the adult,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In order to differentiate between the doses, the packaging for Pfizer\u2019s adult vaccine is purple and their vaccine for children ages 5-11 is orange. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the vaccine for children is one-third of the adult vaccine and Pfizer confirmed the adult vaccine shouldn\u2019t be given to young children as that dosage for them is not FDA approved.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Virginia pharmacy incorrectly administered COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 | FOX 5 DC\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUTewOxHQK8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FDA and the CDC did this very, very, very purposefully. They had the child dosage in different size vials with a different color cap. The dose, the dilution, everything was different. The needles are different so that mistakes wouldn\u2019t happen,\u201d stressed Dr. Natalie Azar.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, clinicians at Ted Pharmacy took it upon themselves to pull the doses from the vials intended for anyone 12 and older. However, this isn\u2019t the only state to make this mistake.<\/p>\n<p>After being unable to book an appointment with a pediatrician, a Florida mom took her five-year-old son to get vaccinated at a Walgreens when the pharmacist gave him an adult vaccine by mistake.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said that he was concentrating on my son\u2019s allergies,\u201d said mother, Erin Slutak. \u201cHe was more concerned that my son has allergies and he was worried about that as opposed to giving him the proper vaccine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, health experts have advised parents to continue asking questions when it comes to their child getting the right vaccine, and to closely monitor their children if they have been vaccinated.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/n-j-gop-slam-mainstream-media-for-calling-election-for-gov-murphy-say-its-too-close-to-call\/\">Ciattarelli Concedes N.J. 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