Mandel: Courts won't force girls to get vaccinated against their will

The judge of Peterborough is her twelve Her 1-year-old girl defies her hopeless father and does not want to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

And unlike many other recent Ontario rulings, Superior Court Judge J. Christopher Corkery has refused to take a "judicial notice." 29} accepted as an obvious and indisputable fact — Vaccines are safe and effective.

"Government experts sound very confident in recommending the current vaccineBut they were equally convinced when they told us to prepare a vaccine, AstraZeneca. Now they don't even mention the word," said Superior Court Judge J. says Christopher Corkery.

"COVID-19 or COVID-19 Vaccines"

A girl, who described it as a pizza that was torn apart by her warring parents, is estranged from her father. Her mother did not object to her being vaccinated, but she did not push the issue. Her father was adamant that she "needed to protect her, to protect her classmates, her friends, her neighbors, and her family,"[49] and called the court "bad guys." and demanded that her daughter not be harmed. blame either parent.

A girl refuses everything from her father while her parents share custody.

"I thought I had made this perfectly clear, but I can't seem to let you say it again," she said in her December 22, 2021, rather poignant wrote to him in an e-mail. I don't want anything to do with you. I won't show up for Christmas COVID-19 No vaccine neededDo not contact me again. ' 

She then wrote her two letters to the court.

First, she said she was mature enough to make her own decisions: "This is what I am talking about, not my mother. This is my final decision." I don't need a vaccineand I hope my wishes will be honored." , she expressed her dislike of her father, arguing that she, and not his father, should make choices regarding her health care.

The judge ruled that she was a "mature minor" who could make her own decisions.

"Requiring vaccinations against her will would cause her physical, emotional and It doesn't respect her psychological safety, security and safety, but it actually puts her at risk of serious emotional and psychological harm," he concluded.

Not all judges are of the same mind when it comes to the vaccination controversy.

Corkery's decision is consistent with another decision by a prominent Hamilton Family Court judge earlier this year.dismissed her father's allegations that he had her two young children vaccinated, citing objections from her mother and the children themselves.

Alex Judge Pazaraz also issued a judicial notice that the governmentapproved vaccination of children against COVID is safe. refused to receiveand in their best interest. He objected to accepting and said, "The government is always right.””—pointing to past mistakes .

"We must beware of the unconscious prejudice of 'Why do these people disobey government directives?'," Pazaraz wrote. "We base  on the best

Corkery and Pazaratz decided, Justice David A. Jarvis A father who wanted his 12-year-old daughter vaccinated against COVID-19

“,” he wrote in a succinct judgment. “Pharmaceutical companies Conspiracy Collusion with Federal and State Authorities Leave this court to those who think Elvis is alive another day.

"No. Left the building ten years ago."

mmandel@postmedia.com