When two Quebec parents clash over vaccination of 13-year-old, judge rules in favour of the shot
CTV
A Quebec judge has ruled that a 13-year-old boy in Longueuil can get the COVID-19 vaccine despite his father's opposition.
The child, who cannot be identified due to his age, wanted to get his two doses of the COVID-19 vaccinate in order to do what most kids like to do during the pandemic — play in extracurricular sports at his school, go to the movies, and to eat in a restaurant.
A vaccine passport proving someone is adequately protected against COVID-19 has been required for those and many other activities in Quebec since Sept. 1.
But his father was opposed to his son getting the shot so the mother, who supported the teen’s decision to get immunized, brought the case to court to settle the parental dispute.
According to the court ruling released last month, the father, who did not deny that he has downplayed the seriousness of COVID-19, was against his son getting the shots “because he fears the risk of the vaccination” that he considers “experimental.”