Give Wrong Vaccine
Actually giving wrong vaccine is not uncommon in Singapore nor around the world, it also happened in our national immunisation programme too. In case you don't know what that is, see the link below.
https://www.nir.hpb.gov.sg/nirp/eservices/immunisationSchedule
Usually I heard kids accidentally getting extra dose, but always end up ok, the vaccines are actually very safe to use, I suppose extra dose means extra protection as long as it doesn't cause any adverse reaction. Anyway if the first dose is ok, subsequent dose should be ok too.
For this particular case, it's not extra dose, it's still Covid-19 vaccination just that it's by a different manufacturer approved by US FDA. Safe or not safe for people below 18 years old nobody knows because their clinical trials are based on people 18 years or older. But like I mentioned, as long as it doesn't cause adverse reaction, the boy should be fine. If it was my daughter who kena, I probably won't be too worried.
What really caught my attention is how come date of birth can be entered wrongly resulting in booking the Moderna centre. The real question is, why need to enter date of birth? I thought our personal particulars including date of birth is already captured in SingPass? So when registering for the appointment, can just login with SingPass and then pull the necessary info to do the registration. This way can cut down on human error, trust me, people always make mistakes. And if the boy doesn't have SingPass, should enable the parents to register on his behalf using their SingPass instead.
I think the vaccination staff probably did check the boy's NRIC number but didn't actually check the age, the staff was probably under the impression that whoever is in the centre should be 18 years or older. It is standard procedure to verify NRIC, you do any jab in Singapore the staff always ask for your name and NRIC to confirm your identity. But then age, I guess is something new.
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