School That Gave Child COVID-19 Vaccine Against Parents’ Wishes Immune From Lawsuits: Court

A 6-year-old received a COVID-19 vaccine after the boy’s parents said they did not want him vaccinated.

A health care worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine, in this file photograph. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

A school that injected a minor with a COVID-19 vaccine despite the boy’s parents telling school officials they did not want him to receive a COVID-19 vaccine is immune under federal law, the Vermont Supreme Court has ruled.

The Federal Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act (PREP Act) protects state and school officials who were named as defendants in a lawsuit brought by the minor’s parents, justices said in a July 26 decision.