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Public commenters urge board to review VAERS reports, language-access and intern-internship rules
Summary
Public commenters at the Nov. 5 California State Board of Pharmacy meeting urged the board to study reported vaccine adverse events tied to pharmacies, adopt standardized translation or testing for pharmacy technicians, and amend intern-pharmacist licensure rules to allow leave-of-absence protections.
Multiple members of the public used the board's Nov. 5 public-comment period to raise consumer-safety and workforce issues for the California State Board of Pharmacy.
Julie Threet, a pharmacist calling from Butte County, said she was a vaccine-injured patient and urged the board to take action on adverse-event reports she said were associated with pharmacy-administered vaccines. Threet told the board that the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) records tied to vaccines administered at California pharmacies rose from 24,731 to 27,060 and that death reports increased from 74 to 91 between her…
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