Youth Cannot Be Mandated to Get COVID-19 Vaccine, Ontario Court Rules

People walk past a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Mississauga, Ont., on April 13, 2022. The Canadian Press/Nathan Denette

A 12-year-old girl who does not want to take the COVID-19 vaccine cannot be mandated to do so, an Ontario judge has ruled in a family court dispute.

“The science relating to COVID-19 is developing,” wrote Justice Christopher Corkery of the Ontario Superior Court. “The ‘facts’ are changing.”