A 12-Year-Old Girl Sparks Debate on Covid-19 Vaccines for Kids in Mexico

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A 12-year-old girl’s video challenged Mexico’s coronavirus czar over a policy against vaccinating minors. A week after Zulma Gonzalez’s plea, Mexico agreed to vaccinate up to 1 million at-risk minors.

MEXICO CITY—In early September, 12-year-old Zulma Gonzalez grew exasperated. Zulma, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes and is at risk of having a serious illness with Covid-19, had been trying to get vaccinated for months to feel safe enough to return to school and have a normal life again.

A week after the video, Mexico’s government agreed to vaccinate up to 1 million minors age 12 to 17 deemed at risk, including those with diabetes, cancer or other preconditions. It said it had no plans to vaccinate minors without pre-existing conditions, an estimated 12 million adolescents. “Given all this, the effects of this ruling are extended not only for this minor, but for all those under 18,” Judge Claudia Gamez wrote in her ruling.

“Scientists around the world understand that this problem will not end until we have a significant portion of the population vaccinated, and this has to include children,” said Laurie-Ann Fyvie, a microbiologist at UNAM, Mexico’s largest public university. One of the questions was from Zulma, who asked if she was at risk from Covid-19 because she had Type 1 diabetes. Mr. Lopez-Gatell responded that yes, any person with pre-existing conditions should take special precautions to protect themselves.

 

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That did not happen, they literally decided to change the ruling of the court (basically ignored it). They asked the kids in risk to not be 'selfish'

¡De ella no me enteré! Faltó mencionarla en la radio rikymoreno, ZomVick, Kaizzer, ElGab, RicardoRibon …si no es ahi, no me entero 😅

siempre manipulando el wall street, lamentable

That's a lie; fake news. Nunca se cambió la estrategia de vacunación. Se dijo, desde el comienzo, que se vacunaría a menores de 12 a 17 años con comorbilidades graves, después de vacunar a los mayores de 18. Y eso es justo lo que se hizo.

In america the police cry and tantrum quit their jobs

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What a speed to make this a viral note with the intention of forcing COVID19 vaccination on children, and how many sheep agree with it....

Vaccination for Minors is just beginning in Mexico, the priority was adults for obvious reasons, my daughter is 12 years old and is already vaccinated and we live in Mexico the question is that there are no vaccines for everyone at this stage, in the next stage cover the same.

Not true...

Good for Zulma! and good for Mexico's goverment for finally vaccinating not only she but also all children with commorbilities whose parents want to do so. WHO has congratulate Mexico's goverment for its transparency and a modern strategy against COVID:

Mexicos 'leaders' couldnt care less about kids. Cause they dont vote. So, no vaccines and no chemo treatments for kids with cancer. It breaks my heart.

Si muy vergas dejen que les pongan la cansino ó la moderna a sus hijos ....

Greta, eres tu?

MElenaPerezJaen Pero no los han vacunado…

MElenaPerezJaen Puro ignorante no cree en la eficacia de las vacunas. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Mexico decided? Not their decision to make. That authority lies exclusively with parents 😊

NO INVENTEN TANTAS MENTIRAS n contra dl GobiernoMX ni de AMLO ! * JURISPRUDENCIA PRIMERO! vacuna covid19 n niños d todo el mundo. Para librarse d las 'demandas o denuncias X reacciones adversas', esa es la realidad en la q vivimos los humanos del mundo.

Amazing

Vedere il giornale del capitalismo USA strumentalizzare un caso particolare per affermare la necessità di vaccinare milioni di ragazzi con rischio Covid uguale a ZERO è nauseante. Vedere decessi Italia...

MElenaPerezJaen Not happening, one thing is to “agree” the other is to ACT or execute or DO

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complete bullshit, the plan has always been to vaccinate minors with commorbidities after adults had finished receiving the vaccine, the controversial decision at the time was not choosing to vaccinate EVERY child above 12, a stance that remains unchanged.

Mexico’s government still denies covid vaccines for the rest of minors, claiming austerity. Mexico’s population suffers lack of medications for cancer and other illnesses due to the bad politics of the actual federal government.

la mitad de la población mexicana: quien sos

She managed to get a fed judge to rule in her favor due to risk factors and the govt didn't have a choice. After many more of such rulings, the court ordered to vaccinate everyone 12+ regardless of risk factors. Govt responded saying they would challenge the court's ruling. 🤦🏻‍♂️

This is a big bullsht

I will tell you,I am from Mexico, we also have a bad president who does not take his decisions well into account, he does not even ask other people to say that they do not take what is good and what is not.Why those people voted badly to elect him a bad president and his policies

Que los vacunen,al final la responsabilidad cae sobre los padres, los laboratorios están libres de culpa por cualquier reacción adversa inmediata,a mediano y largo plazo y el gobierno sabrá librarse y culpar al borregomatrix hoy moribundo.

Fake

Friends of Greta Thunberg?

Mi hijo de 15 años, hoy fue vacunado aquí en BC.

Please stop propagandizing

Still Mexico’s president refuses to vaccinate them all and suggests not to take into consideration safety measures, and…, no one can do anything about it. Can they, can we?

Mientras americanos mogolicos deretontos no la quieren, acá gente en riesgo tiene que mover cielo y tierra para que los vacunen. El mundo al revés...

deja de meterte en cosas que no te importan , mírate la cola llena de caca 💩

If she wants to get it and her parents and doctors approve, leave them alone.

We need to recruit her!

soooo Real and Authentic.

LGBrandon2 Are you going to fight the chicken pox vaccine? Measles? God the amount of indoctrination from parents to children is disgusting and downright dangerous!

A reminder the WSJ is just another corporate media outlet.

Herval68461744 Kids? Think carefully before administering EXPERIMENTAL GENETIC SERUM!!!

Unfortunately, Covid 19🤬 is being used to strike personal freedom

If only more Americans did the right thing, ditched their politics, and got the vaccines that are readily available for free in America!!!

who cares

Old news.

There's no debate, Mexican government DON'T WANT TO VACCINATE KIDS.

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