B.C. man ordered not to discuss or share social media posts about COVID-19 vaccine with 11-year-old son – CBC

Kelowna judge sides with mother in fight with ex-husband over child’s vaccination

Feb 10, 2022

A B.C. provincial court judge has ordered a father not to talk with his 11-year-old son about COVID-19 vaccination or to share any social media or other information about the vaccine and the disease with his child.

In a decision released this week, Kelowna provincial court Judge Cathaline Heinrichs sided with a mother who wanted to have her son vaccinated over the objections of her ex-husband.

Heinrichs followed the lead of other provincial court judges across the country in concluding that getting the vaccine is in the child’s best interest.

But the judge said the child — known as NW — was caught up in the “tension and polarization that this issue has caused” between the warring exes and ordered the father to stay silent.

“While at age 11, N.W. may start wading in to making medical decisions for himself, I am not satisfied that he has maturity to understand and appreciate the significance of the recommendations and public health orders made by the public health office, nor the psychological, emotional and social benefits of receiving the vaccination,” Heinrichs wrote.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vaccine-social-media-court-1.6345167