UK Judge Orders Disabled Adult To Receive COVID Shot Against Parent’s Wishes

Despite his parents' objections that his situation may contribute to health consequences, potentially death, after the shot, a judge in the United Kingdom's High Court ordered that a 20-year-old gravely crippled man must have a COVID-19 shot against his parents wishes.

DC, a 20-year-old man whose name has been changed by the judge, suffers from a number of chronic ailments that necessitate him to live in a residential facility where he may receive round-the-clock treatment. His parents had been caring for him full-time until lately.

DC, according to court filings, he suffers from “schizencephaly, microcephaly and cerebral palsy … epilepsy, curvature of the spine, dystonia, and intermittent stridor, as well as pseudomonas of the lungs.”

DC is susceptible to respiratory diseases as a result of these issues, and is admitted to the hospital for treatment on a regular basis. He is incapable of communicating and is therefore deemed incapable of providing informed cons...

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