California kids 12 and older could receive COVID-19 vaccine without parent's OKAni Chaglasian spent much of last year trying to convince her parents that she should be vaccinated against COVID-19. Senate Bill 866 by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would permit children 12 and older to be vaccinated, including against COVID-19, without their parents' consent or knowledge. For all other shots required to attend school in California, state law requires a medical exemption to skip some or all of those vaccines for in-person attendance at K-12 schools. That list includes the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer, as well as immunizations for influenza, measles, chickenpox and others. That same year, a vaccine protester was charged with two felonies after she threw a menstrual cup filled with blood onto California state senators.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 21, 2022 15:05 UTC