The Santa Rosa County School District has suspended their student vaccination program. The suspension was prompted after parents became aware of the school administering flu shots to children without consent. Many parents allege that they’d informed the school that they did not want their child vaccinated, only to learn later that the school had done so anyway.
“I also wrote in capital letters with stars ‘Do not give my child a flu shot.’ And I signed my name at the bottom of it,” said Krystal Simmons, according to ABC’s Florida affiliate WEAR-TV.
She said it still happened.
“She had a welt on her arm and she told me that she got the flu shot and she told me she told the lady ‘no’ and that she wasn’t supposed to and they gave it to her anyways,” said Simmons.
Instead, Simmons claims the school went forward with administering her child the flu shot.
“She had a welt on her arm and she told me that she got the flu shot and she told me she told the lady ‘no’ and that she wasn’t supposed to and they gave it to her anyways,” said Simmons.
“I didn’t even sign the paper. I didn’t sign it. I didn’t send it back. I just got it out of my truck actually. so the fact that he got the vaccine that I didn’t want him to have anyway kind of angers me. Because he’s still throwing up as of yesterday,” said another parent, Charity Covan, describing a similar situation.
A nurse at the school says that there were mistakes made.
“We were made aware that a small number of students submitted signed consent forms with conflicting consent information.”Christine Gannelli explained.