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struggle4progress

(118,041 posts)
Fri Oct 15, 2021, 05:59 PM Oct 2021

NYC judge suspends dad's visits over vaccination status

By Rebecca Rosenberg
October 14, 2021 5:04pm

A Manhattan matrimonial judge has suspended a Long Island father’s visitation with his 3-year-old daughter unless he gets vaccinated or submits to weekly COVID-19 tests.

“Here, in-person parental access by defendant is not in the child’s best interests, and there are exceptional circumstances that support its suspension,” wrote Justice Matthew Cooper, who is presiding over the pair’s divorce and custody dispute ...

https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/nyc-judge-suspends-dads-visits-with-kid-over-vaccination-status/

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NYC judge suspends dad's visits over vaccination status (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2021 OP
K&R sheshe2 Oct 2021 #1
A 4 yr old girl died in September within a day of testing positive tulipsandroses Oct 2021 #2
Excellent niyad Oct 2021 #3
He should not assume his own wnylib Oct 2021 #4
This should not be a surprising ruling. TomSlick Oct 2021 #5

tulipsandroses

(5,094 posts)
2. A 4 yr old girl died in September within a day of testing positive
Fri Oct 15, 2021, 08:32 PM
Oct 2021

She contracted it from her mother who had refused to get vaxxed. The child paid the price for her mother’s selfishness. He should do the right thing and stop being selfish

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
4. He should not assume his own
Fri Oct 15, 2021, 09:13 PM
Oct 2021

immunity just because he once had covid. That kind of immunity can be limited. People have been known to contract a second case of covid. People who have had the alpha variant of covid might still be vulnerable to the more highly infectious delta variant.

As for his fear of the vaccine because of a bad reaction to a flu vaccine, that excuse doesn't hold up. They are totally different types of vaccine, so a reaction to one type has no relationship to the other.

I am allergic to flu vaccines. I also have numerous allergies and have experienced anaphylaxis twice. I got the Moderna shot with no bad effects, other than the usual ones from the shot. But even if I had had a bad reaction, the pharmacist had epinephrine shots on hand.

This guy is just an ignorant, selfish whiner.

TomSlick

(11,035 posts)
5. This should not be a surprising ruling.
Fri Oct 15, 2021, 09:31 PM
Oct 2021

The first issue in a child custody/visitation case is the best interests of the child. Exposing the child to a infection risk is certainly not in their best interests.

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