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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFaced with anti-vaccination parents, teens are helping one another get Covid shots
Faced with anti-vaccination parents, teens are helping one another get Covid shotsThe dilemma for some teenagers is "I know vaccines are lifesaving, but I don't want to become homeless" by defying their parents' wishes.
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Nearly all states require consent from a parent or guardian to administer a Covid-19 vaccine shot to children ages 12 to 15, the group the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention approved for shots this month, according to a recent CNN analysis.
There are exceptions in just five states: In North Carolina, teenagers can receive vaccinations without parental consent; in Tennessee and Alabama, teenagers 14 and older dont need consent; in Oregon, the age is set at 15; and in Iowa, its up to the health care provider to decide.
In all other states, those 12 to 15 are required to have parental approval before receiving the Covid-19 vaccination. For teenagers 16 to 18, though, its all over the map.
In California, for example, minors cant get the Covid-19 vaccination without their parents consent, according to the vaccine information website VaxTeen. But a 16-year-old in South Carolina can do so without parental permission.
Just how many teenagers are in this predicament remains unclear. But Kelly Danielpour, who runs VaxTeen, said that among the dozen or so queries she gets every day, many are from teenagers contending with parents opposed to them getting vaccinated against Covid-19.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/faced-anti-vaccination-parents-teens-are-helping-each-other-get-n1268093
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Faced with anti-vaccination parents, teens are helping one another get Covid shots (Original Post)
Demovictory9
May 2021
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Skittles
(153,104 posts)1. OMG
parents who would kick their kids out for getting vaccinated?
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)4. Sad..isnt it?
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,516 posts)2. Good for those kids! They ARE the future. n/t
Demovictory9
(32,419 posts)5. Agreed
Wounded Bear
(58,584 posts)3. Kind of like the underground abortion network...
The thing about teens, and I'm about 20 years removed from being a parent of one, is they tend to figure out ways to get what they want and/or need. Given modern communications, it's certainly much easier now than it was back then.