Clinic That Vaccinated 14-Year-Old Without Parental Consent Shielded by Federal Law: Court

A broad federal law imposed under President George W. Bush shields a clinic that gave a child a COVID-19 vaccine without parental consent, according to a recent ruling. The Old North State Medical Society, whose workers injected the boy, is covered by the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act, the North Carolina Court of Appeals said on March 5. The Guilford County Board of Education, which was also sued by the boy and his mother, is also shielded by the law, known as the PREP Act, the court found. “We are of course very disappointed in the ruling, and we are currently weighing all of our options going forward,” Steven Walker, an attorney representing the appellants, told The Epoch Times in an email....