A 28-year-old man who died from a vaccine-related blood clot was wrongly offered the jab due to a clinical error by a GP surgery 17 years earlier.
When he was 11, Alex Reid’s weight was wrongly recorded as 22st 11lb (145kg) – suggesting he had a BMI of almost 69.
His parents, who say his death has “destroyed” them, said this put him in the “vulnerable” category eligible for an early AstraZeneca shot.
The GP surgery said it sent “sincere sympathies” to the Reid family.
Mr Reid received his first dose of the vaccine in March 2021, but weeks later an official recommendation said under 30s should be offered an alternative due to an extremely rare chance of blood clots.
Those who had already received the AstraZeneca jab as their first vaccination were advised to receive it as their second, with Mr Reid having his in May 2021.
He died on 29 June 2021, with the medical cause of death being Covid-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, a prevention of future deaths report said.
His family said he had called Moorfield House Surgery in Garforth, Leeds, to query why he was being invited for an early vaccine.
His mother, Halina Reid, told the BBC: “Surely this one call from Alex should have raised alarm bells since most of the calls the surgery was getting were from people asking why they had not been called.
“The person who took the call said she did not know, made no attempt to find out and just said, ‘count yourself lucky’.”
She continued: “After Alex’s death, we knew something was not right – it has taken two years and five months to get answers.”
