Vaccines. Bioethics committee: 'decision is up to the adolescent, not the parent'

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02 August 2021 Regarding the mandatory vaccine for adolescents, the decision of the National Bioethics Committee arrives today. If the will of the boy or girl "to get vaccinated were in contrast with that of the parents, the Committee believes that the adolescent should be heard by medical personnel with pediatric skills and that his will should prevail, as it coincides with the best interest of his psycho-physical health and public health ". This is what the Italian CNB claims, in the opinion on 'Covid-19 vaccines and adolescents', unanimously approved on July 29th. 

If a young person refuses anti-Covid vaccination "in the face of parental consent, the Committee - reads the opinion - considers it important and desirable that the adolescent be informed that vaccination is in the interest of his or her health. of neighboring people and public health. Ultimately

The CNB "deems it appropriate that, in the circumstances of conflict between the parties, the will is certified in order to explain their respective positions with the utmost clarity, also in order to better identify the differences in an attempt to recompose them". 

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and those "falling within the categories identified by the Ministry of Health (in an updated list) for which vaccination is recommended". For these children "the obligation of parents (legal representatives) to guarantee their children the best interest emerges in an even more pressing form; it is important to have recourse to the clinical ethics committee or to an ethical space and, as a last resort, to the tutelary judge ".