Vaccine mistakes
Vaccines
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Vaccine production/manufacturing problems
[Media Japan, March 2003, MMR
vaccine] Outdated vaccine injected into 1,000s of kids
[Media Japan, Friday,
February 7, 2003] 1,900 got expired measles vaccine
(in 1993)
[Media Dec 2002] Girl of
eight weeks given MMR vaccine by mistake
[Media 1998] "133 Children Contract Tuberculosis in Southern Kazakhstan
(from vaccine)"
[Media
Taiwan nov 2002] Injection victims recovering, say
hospital officials
[Media, India, March 2002] Health
dept goofs up in vaccination drive
[2001] Windley Western Drug Company Recalls 1 Lot of
Hepatitis B Vaccine
[2000] Revealed: cow vaccine was given to babies
[Media jan 1998]
175,000 children given excessive dose of hepatitis vaccine
[Media 1994] Blunder at clinic gave 700 infants an overdose
More Vaccine Stuff-Ups Destroy Confidence in the MMR Campaign
Wednesday, June 24, 1998
Twenty High School students in Maitland, SA were given the wrong vaccine in the second
major vaccination blunder in six weeks. The year 8 students were meant to get the vaccine
against Hepatitis B but instead, were given Infanrix, the acellular pertussis (whooping
cough), diphtheria and tetanus shot - a vaccine that is only licensed in Australia for
children up to the age of 5.
Production/manufacture:
[Media Nov 2002]
THE POISON VACCINE How the health of hundreds of American
soldiers was seriously damaged after anthrax inoculations