OUR pandemic Covid-19 has once again exposed divisions among many parents over vaccination their children. The question concerns not only divorced parents, but also those who are married, with experts talking about an “ugly” situation.
Pediatrician and President freelancers pediatricians Costas Dalukas emphasizes “K”: “The vaccine against her COVID-19, especially among children, families are very divided, which is why the level of vaccination of minors against this virus remains low. This is not the vaccine that is included in the “national vaccination program”, the pediatricians did not insist.
Recently, there has also been a new concern about a particular vaccine, and this, unfortunately, concerns her very, very important vaccine. HPV (human papillomavirus, “responsible” for cervical cancer). Many parents mistakenly identify it with the onset of sexual activity and think that from the age of 10 there is no need to conduct it or it is not necessary at all, because the test exists. PAP. i want to emphasize that it is a vaccine of paramount importance.”
Pediatrician Athena petromikelakis she, in turn, notes that young parents who are worried about vaccines, has increased over the past decade. “What usually happens to a couple when one parent resists or doesn’t want to get vaccinated because they usually get unfiltered information online, in experience so far my showed that a hesitant parent would be convinced through discussion with their partner and pediatrician.. Often in these cases, vaccination can eventually be administered at a slower and possibly even selective rate.
For example, I know a parent who did not want their child to have the measles vaccine until he was 3 years old because he was afraid he would develop autism. The reason of that mmr, perhaps the most incriminated of all vaccines. The other parent waited for the thinker to be convinced, and we finally did it after 3 years. However, it should be noted that postponing is a compromise, not a safe option, as evidenced by a measles outbreak that occurred a few years ago in our country“.
The vaccine as leverage
It is quite another matter when skepticism and objections to it vaccination concerning divorced parents. OUR TO. Dalukas says that this category is the most common of those encountered by pediatricians.
As he describes: “In these cases, the vaccine becomes a tool of pressure between the former couple. And it is very sad that in fact it is not so much the reluctance of parents to vaccinate their children for pragmatic reasons, but because of litigation. Things can get ugly on these cases. The couple go to the district attorney and file lawsuits, and the cases eventually go to trial. Just the day before yesterday, I got a call from my dad, who didn’t even know me personally. He told me that his wife didn’t want their daughters to get the vaccine, but he and the child did. He was looking for a solution to the issue at the legal level.
And that sums up, if you like, the crux of the problem, which is essentially a “national vaccination program” is strongly recommended, but there are no penalties if it is not implemented (because it is not mandatory). However, a child’s medical record listing all vaccinations is one of the required documents when a parent enrolls their child in kindergarten or elementary school. It’s a bit of a gray area in all of this. Of course, parents who got into legal battles with schools over textbook failures won their case in the Supreme Court after the latter ruled that the right to education is stronger than the right to vaccination.”
What is legally acceptable
Lawyer Angelica Sugle explained to ‘K’, which is also legally applicable when such a case between two arguing parents finally comes to trial. According to her, the Covid-19 vaccine in children provoked heated disputes between married or divorced parents, which were resolved in Greek courts, giving rise to very recent jurisprudence.
As Ms. Sugle notes, parental care of a minor child is the responsibility and right of the parents, who, as a rule, carry it out jointly (may be carried out by only one of the parents, in very specific cases).
OUR guarded includes custody of a person, administration of property, and representation of a child in any case, lawsuit or proceeding in respect of a person or his property. OUR zeal minor, includes only current and day-to-day issues related to his custodyNo but those which by their nature are destined to critically influence his life and concern more serious matters (name, selection foster family, choice of religion, major surgery) that underpin parenting. If the parents disagree on the above issues, their dispute is resolved by the court, not excluding the adoption of interim measures in case of emergency..
OUR TO. Sugle therefore emphasizes that, in accordance with the law, parents, when exercising parental care, must strive exclusively for the best interests of the child and not exercise this right by projecting their own ideas and prejudices onto the child.
Therefore, bodies exercising parental care of minors, which remain the basis of any decision on serious issues, care so far be both parents plus exercise parental care or co-editing. Among them is the choice of medical procedures and especially vaccination.
Taking into account all of the above, Ms Sugle emphasizes that, in general, the Court always decides specifically on each specific case submitted to it, based on the facts and always in the interests of the minor. However, according to her, in there is a tendency to reject the petitions of the parties who ask the court to ban the vaccination of children thembecause the something like this, because it is not documented, is contrary to the concept of parental care and represents a dangerous projection of parental ideas on the life of a child.
Source: Kathimerini
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