Parents reject their baby receiving “vaccinated blood” against covid in New Zealand

The health authorities of New Zealand launched a custody battle over a baby whose parents are blocking a life-or-death intervention because the blood donors may have received vaccines against the COVID-19 coronavirus.

The health authority of New Zealand made an emergency custody application to the High Court in Auckland before a case that has provoked protests at the local level and that shows the power of disinformation.

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four month old babywhose name has been withheld in judicial documentation, he needs an “urgent operation” to correct a heart problem known as pulmonary valve stenosis, the mother said.

The surgical procedure was delayed because the parents do not want him to receive blood from donors who have received mRNA vaccines.

The health authorities rejected the parents’ request.

The New Zealand blood bank does not distinguish between donations from people vaccinated or not before the covid since there is no added risk from using this blood type.

Authorities wanted to receive partial custody of the childleaving parents in charge of non-medical care, and allowing the procedure to go ahead.

The New Zealand health authority said it had appealed to court in the “best interest of the child”.

Some 150 anti-vaccine protesters gathered outside the court in Auckland on Tuesday to support the family.

The strict response of New Zealand Given the appearance of the coronavirus, it was seen as a success story in the world given the low mortality rates, even before the start of the vaccination campaign.

But continued mobility limitations, lockdowns and other restrictions raised concerns about the erosion of civil liberties and led to the emergence of a small but vocal anti-covid and anti-vaccination group.

Source: Elcomercio

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