In a first case of its kind, a 12-year-old boy was granted his wish in a Dutch court to receive the Covid-19 vaccine so that he can visit his dying grandmother, in defiance of his vaccine-skeptic father’s refusal.
The unnamed boy argued that getting the vaccine would reduce his chances of infecting his grandmother, who is battling lung cancer.
In the Netherlands, children aged 12 to 17 can choose if they want to be vaccinated or not, but they need the permission of both their parents. In this case, the boy’s mother agreed but his father refused saying “vaccines were still in a testing phase” and that it was possible there would be “great risks for the reproductive organs in the long term”.
Judge Bart Tromp said that there appeared to be no scientific evidence for this argument and granted permission for the boy to be vaccinated due to the “interest involved in vaccination in particular the interest of this minor.”
He ordered that the boy be given the vaccine “shortly” because his interests were far more important than any possible appeal that could be made by the father’s lawyers.
Sources: MSN, GMA Network
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