11-Year-Old Vaccinated in China Without Parents’ Knowledge or Consent

11-Year-Old Vaccinated in China Without Parents’ Knowledge or Consent
A boy looks at Sinovac Biotech's vaccine candidate for COVID-19 on display at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on Sept. 6, 2020. (Photo by NOEL CELIS / AFP) Photo by NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images
Raven Wu
Ellen Wan
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A Chinese father is furious that his 11-year-old son was forcibly vaccinated against COVID-19 without his knowledge, only learning roughly three weeks later that it had happened.

Chen Jianxiong, a resident of Chibi, Hubei Province, posted online alleging that people in the community had forced his son to get vaccinated by taking advantage of the father’s absence. Chen later reported the event to the police.

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