A mother from Louisiana is threatening to sue after finding out that her 16-year-old son was vaccinated for COVID-19 at school without her consent.
Jennifer Ravain claims that her son was allowed to sign a consent form and receive a vaccine at an Oschner Health System mobile vaccination clinic at East Jefferson High School. The Louisiana Department of Health currently requires a parent’s signature for persons under 18 to be vaccinated.
Ravain’s attorney, G. Shelly Maturin, told the Daily Caller that Ravain “is not necessarily against vaccines, but she wanted to discuss this with her child first”.
Maturin explained, “A mobile vaccine unit was on campus at East Jefferson High School in Kenner, LA on October 20, 2021”. “A nurse with Ochsner, presumably knowing my client to be below the age of consent, gave him a form to sign that would normally be signed by a parent or guardian and instructed him to sign his name, print and date,” she added.
Maturin noted that the boy “was under the impression that he was just signing up to get the shot at a later date, but was told that they were giving shots right then and there. Being 16, he felt pressure and took the shot”.
Dr. Robert Hart, chief medical officer of Ochsner Health System, stated, “While we firmly believe in vaccinating adolescents to keep them safe from COVID-19, this should be done only with parental consent. Our team has been notified that a student was vaccinated without proper parental consent at a school vaccination event on October 20, 2021”. “We have procedures in place to ensure that all policies are followed; however, in this instance, this did not occur,” he added.
Maturin told the Daily Caller “A law suit will be filed shortly”.