Unvaccinated parents and their 4-year-old leukemia patient son to be evicted from Ronald McDonald House over vaccine status



The family of a 4-year-old leukemia patient is furious after finding out they will be evicted from a Ronald McDonald House in Canada due to their unvaccinated status, according to a report from the Daily Caller.

What are the details?

Canadian parent Austin Furgason went viral after video showed him confronting a Ronald McDonald House administrator over the organization's policy on vaccinations.

According to local reports, the Ronald McDonald House of British Columbia and Yukon state that all guests and visitors to the house "must show proof of full vaccination against COVID-19."

"These measures in addition to an abundance of sanitizer and kindness will help us ensure the safety of everyone at the house," the organization's website added.

According to a report from the Daily Mail, the organization is enacting the mandate beginning on Jan. 17, followed by a two-week grace period in which guests and visitors can begin their vaccination series. All people ages five years and older will be required to get the vaccine in order to visit or stay with the organization.

Furgason added that the organization is evicting him and his family unless they comply with the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.

In a widely viewed video shared on Twitter, Furgason was heard saying that the organization is set to evict the family in just a few short weeks if they do not comply with the vaccination mandate.

“Because we don’t have the vaccine, you’re going to throw us out in the snow with a few weeks' notice,” Furgason said. “Like this is some kind of crazy evil like I have never seen in my life.”

“Your conscience is seared,” Furgason told the manager in the video. “This is absolutely evil. ... Don’t think you guys are just going to get away with this, because we’re going to fight this and expose this to people.”

The Daily Mail reported that those who fail to comply with the new mandate will be required to leave the facility by Jan. 31, but will be offered "alternative accommodations" such as hotel rooms.

A letter detailing the new guideline added, "RMHBC recognizes and acts upon its responsibility to maintain a safe and healthy environment including taking every precaution reasonable in the circumstances to protect the health and safety of individuals attending at an RMHBC Facility, particularly given the vulnerable populations serviced by RMHBC and the significant risk of transmission of communicable disease in our congregate living settings."

Ronald McDonald House Charities did not respond to the Daily Caller's request for comment in time for publication.

The Ronald McDonald House in Canada will evict all tenants, adults and children over the age of five, who are not vaccinated by the end of January.\n\nThe father of a young boy with leukemia responds.\n\n"This is some kind of crazy evil like I've never seen in my life."pic.twitter.com/MQaoegqSKo
— The Vigilant Fox (@The Vigilant Fox) 1641954393

'I really want to piss them off': French President Macron's vulgar 'insult' to unvaccinated people draws condemnation



French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said in regard to unvaccinated people that "I really want to piss them off." His opponents openly condemned his statement as inappropriate language ahead of the presidential election just four months away, Reuters reported.

What are the details?

"The unvaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And so, we're going to continue doing so, until the end. That's the strategy," Macron told newspaper Le Parisien in an interview, Reuters said.

In 2021, France enacted a health pass preventing those lacking a negative PCR test or proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, cafes, and other venues, the outlet noted, adding that French officials want a vaccine passport that only vaccinated people can have.

Macron said he won't "vaccinate by force" the 5 million who haven't received the jabs, but plans on "limiting as much as possible their access to activities in social life," the BBC reported in reference to his interview.

"I won't send [unvaccinated people] to prison," Macron added, according to the BBC. "So we need to tell them, from 15 January, you will no longer be able to go to the restaurant. You will no longer be able to go for a coffee, you will no longer be able to go to the theatre. You will no longer be able to go to the cinema."

The BBC also said Macron "used the vulgar term 'emmerder' to say how he wanted to stir up the unvaccinated." The expression is from the word "merde" (s**t) that can be translated as "to get on their nerves" and is considered "very informal" by the French dictionary Larousse — and its use elicited criticism from Macron's rivals, Reuters reported.

'A president shouldn't say that'

"A president shouldn't say that," conservative leader Marine Le Pen said on Twitter, according to Reuters. "Emmanuel Macron is unworthy of his office."

Republicans candidate Valérie Pécresse said she was incensed that Macron accused unvaccinated people of not being citizens, BBC News said, citing CNews: "You have to accept them as they are — lead them, bring them together, and not insult them."

Another conservative, Bruno Retailleau, told BBC News that "Emmanuel Macron says he has learned to love the French, but it seems he especially likes to despise them."

Reuters said Macron previously has been chastened for off-the-cuff remarks which many in France said were arrogant, cutting, or scornful — and the president on several occasions expressed remorse for his words.

Anything else?

Macron told Le Parisien he "would like to" run for re-election in April, but didn't formally announce his candidacy, Reuters said, which added that he's a "clear favorite in the polls."

Far-left actor Sean Penn wants only vaccinated audiences in theaters for his new directorial project; the unvaccinated can stream it later, he says



Far-left actor Sean Penn made headlines recently when he refused to return to the set of "Gaslit" — a political series related to the Watergate break-in — until 100% of the crew is vaccinated against COVID-19.

Now Penn is extending his hard stance on what others do with their bodies by stating he wants only vaccinated theater audiences for his newest directorial project, "Flag Day," Variety reported.

What are the details?

Penn told CNN's Michael Smerconish that "Flag Day" will eventually stream and "that's a better time for the unvaccinated to see it, though I think I'll probably offend them out of that choice," the magazine said.

At the Aug. 11 premiere of "Flag Day," Penn said, "I do request people who are not vaccinated, don't go to the cinemas. Stay home until you are convinced of these very clearly safe vaccines," Variety added.

In addition to saying he believes COVID-19 vaccines should be mandatory for everybody, "like turning your headlights on in the car at night," Penn went on a more far-ranging political rant after being asked what he'd say to those who remain unvaccinated, the magazine said.

"There are those that, once the FDA gives full approval, will go forward with it. And there are those who have become entrenched in a kind of radical libertarianism and an identity of politic that has sort of perversely turned this issue into something that forgets that in the United States of America — in our entire history — it's all based on being independent because we understand interdependency," Penn said, according to Variety. "The entire history of successful things in this country. And if we're gonna continue with successful things — if we're gonna take some of the great lessons that have been learned in the last year, some of the extraordinary movements, George Floyd, all of what's happening societally — if we're gonna take the good parts of that and move it forward, we're gonna do it interdependently. And I think vaccination is the beginning of that, given that it's such a threat now to business, to lifestyle, to life here, and around the world."

Anything else?

Earlier this year Penn tried dunking on evangelical Christians on Twitter but botched his religious references so badly that responders naturally invoked his stoner character, Jeff Spicoli, from the early '80s hit movie "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."

Left-wing teacher out of a job after ripping Trump, the unvaccinated, climate deniers, 'dumb' parents — and threatening students who speak against LGBTQ



The left-wing Utah teacher caught on video during class blasting former President Donald Trump, unvaccinated individuals, climate deniers, "dumb" parents — and even threatening to make life "a living hell" for students who speak against LBGTQ students — is now out of a job.

What are the details?

It isn't clear if chemistry teacher Leah Kinyon resigned or was fired, but school district spokesman David Stephenson told Fox News Thursday that "we have concluded our investigation of the incident that occurred on August 17, 2021, at Lehi High School. Although the details of a personnel investigation are confidential, the teacher involved is no longer an employee of Alpine School District."

She was initially placed on administrative leave, KSTU-TV reported.

Stephenson also called Kinyon's behavior "inappropriate" and said it was "not reflective of the professional conduct and decorum we expect of our teachers and will not be tolerated," Fox News said, citing the Salt Lake Tribune.

What's the background?

Cellphone video of Kinyon's classroom rant — which appeared to be part of a Q&A session on a variety of topics — began with her speaking about COVID-19 vaccines.

"I would be super proud of you if you chose to get the vaccine," the unmasked Kinyon told her students before adding, "We'll just keep getting variants over and over and over until people get vaccinated. It's never going to end. ... It could end in five seconds if people would get vaccinated."

Her attention then turned toward Trump.

"I hate Donald Trump," an animated Kinyon told her students. "I'm going to say it. I don't care what y'all think — Trump sucks. He's a sexual predator. He's a literal moron." She soon appeared to dare a student to "tattle on me to the freakin' admin; they don't give a crap."

Image source: YouTube screenshot

Seconds later, Kinyon told students to "turn off the Fox News" before pivoting back to vaccines.

"This is my classroom, and if you guys are gonna put me at risk, you're gonna hear about it," she said. "Because I have to be here. I don't have to be happy about the fact that there's kids coming in here with their variants that could possibly get me or my family sick. That's rude! And I'm not gonna pretend like it's not. So don't ask me to."

Kinyon then told her students that "most of y'all parents are dumber than you. I'm gonna say that out loud. My parents are freakin' dumb, OK? And the minute I figured that out, the world opens up. You don't have to do everything your parents say, and you don't have to believe everything your parents believe. Because most likely you're smarter than them."

One student was heard asking Kinyon, "Can I believe what I want to believe?" And she replied, "You can believe what you want to believe, but keep it quiet in here because I'm probably gonna make fun of ya."

After Kinyon began to note "topics that you probably want to avoid in this class" — one of them being "politics, which you went into, you asked me" — she then told her students, "If you don't believe in climate change, get the hell out."

And when one student appeared to take issue with her climate change stance, Kinyon shot back, "That's pathetic that you think that. You're the problem with the world."

She then told her students, "If you're a homophobe, get out! 'Cuz I'm the [Gay-Straight Alliance] faculty adviser! I love gay people. All LGBTQIA+ motherf***ers. If you don't like it, get out! If I hear you say a damn word against any of 'em, I will open a can, and I will make your life a living hell. And they know it! If you say shizz to any LGBTQ kid in this school, I will hear about it, and you will be in trouble."

The video ends with one student telling Kinyon, "I think I love you even more."

Content warning: One whispered F-bomb from the teacher:

Utah Lehi High School Teacher Leah Kinyon 8 17 21 - "Chemistry" teacher.youtu.be

A second video showed Kinyon telling students about sex and gender, noting that those who claim there are only two genders "and that's the end of the story" are at a "5th-grade biology level" and that "it's way more complicated" and that "you can have both."

Here's a follow-up report from KSTU that features comments from a student who was in Kinyon's class when video was recorded, along with some pointed thoughts from his parents:

School district says Lehi teacher no longer employed after comments to studentsyoutu.be

Baltimore mayor tells unvaccinated citizens to 'shut up': 'It's your fault that we're going back to having an indoor mask mandate'



Democratic Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott left no doubt who he blames for the spike in COVID-19 cases in his city — and the subsequent resumption of mask mandates.

"For anyone that's frustrated about wearing a mask — and you're not vaccinated — then look in the mirror. It's your fault that we're going back to having an indoor mask mandate," Scott said last Friday. "Make sure that folks get vaccinated. If you're not vaccinated, shut up. Don't complain."

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott: “If you're not vaccinated, shut up, don't complain.”@wbaltv11 https://t.co/al6jpTKpy8

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) 1628751200.0

How did folks react?

As you might guess, more than a few folks on Twitter didn't take too kindly to Scott's throwdown against the unvaccinated:

  • "No, Mayor, show us actual STUDIES, NOT opinions that masks, etc. work. You can't, because there are NO studies that have shown that they DO work, only that they MIGHT have SOME benefit AND that they MIGHT cause some harm. Also, > 99% survival for MOST people," one commenter wrote. "So, YOU shut up!"
  • "Damn, Baltimore elected this guy?" another user quipped. "You don't even have to present as moderately intelligent for democrats to vote for you anymore."
  • "Another medically illiterate idiot just parroting what the establishment says," another commenter said.
  • "No, it's YOUR fault," another user declared. "You're the person forcing people to do things against their will. You're the tyrant. I'm an adult and I already have a daddy. You're making decisions about other people's lives that you have no right to make."
  • "And yet … a buddy of mine just got COVID from a vaxed individual, that had called of sick the week prior, ended up testing positive. His whole family got [COVID]," another commenter shared. "Again: From a vaxed co-worker. So stop saying it's someone's fault and admit there is no sure fire way to fix this!"

WJZ-TV reported that new COVID-19 cases in Baltimore City are up 749% in just one month but deaths remain down.

Image source: WJZ-TV video screenshot

Anything else?

Baltimore County officials also pressed for more vaccinations.

"Take it from me as a COVID survivor. Getting the vaccine can truly mean the difference between life or death," Baltimore County Health Officer Dr. Gregory Branch told the station, adding, "That Delta variant is a beast, and what we're trying to do is prevent the next one."

Image source: WJZ-TV video screenshot

Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski noted to WJZ that the "we're focused on getting vaccines in arms. That is our best tool, and it's how we avoid any other steps" and that "with school starting in a few weeks, we must increase our vaccination rates. The urgency is as great as it's ever been."

Unvaccinated adults who previously had COVID-19 may face double the risk of reinfection compared to vaccinated adults: Study



Unvaccinated adults who have had COVID-19 possibly face double the risk of reinfection compared to vaccinated adults, according to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

What are the details?

The new study, which assessed the likelihood of COVID-19 reinfection in unvaccinated adults, found that unvaccinated people who have had coronavirus may be more than twice as likely to get infected again when compared to those who received a vaccine.

According to the New York Times, the CDC study "examined the risk of reinfection during May and June" among hundreds of Kentucky residents who tested positive for the virus in 2020.

The study, according to a Saturday Fox News report, was carried out as part of the agency's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

"Those who did not get vaccinated this year faced a risk of reinfection that was 2.34 times higher than those who did not get their [coronavirus vaccines]," the Times' Roni Caryn Rabin wrote. "The study suggests that for those who had overcome an infection, the addition of a vaccine offered better protection than the natural immunity generated by their original bout with the virus alone."

Rabin added, "The study's authors cautioned that much is still not known on how long natural immunity to the virus lasts and that genomic sequencing was not conducted to confirm that the reinfections were not simply flare-ups of the remains of the subjects' initial infections."

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that the data in the new study only reinforces the importance of vaccination against COVID-19 — even for those who had prior infections.

"If you have had COVID-19 before, please still get vaccinated," Walensky said Friday. "Getting the vaccine is the best way to protect yourself and others around you, especially as the more contagious Delta variant spreads around the country."

In July, Walensky said that the dangerous Delta variant is "spreading with incredible efficiency and now represents more than 83% of the virus circulating in the United States."

What else?

Fox News' Saturday report also pointed out a recent CDC study that "pointed to the success of the vaccines in preventing COVID-19-related hospitalizations among the highest-risk age groups" and noted that both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were 96% effective in preventing hospitalizations among adults ages 65 to 74 years.

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine, according to the same report, is 85% effective in that age group.

Piers Morgan: If you refuse COVID-19 vaccine and catch the virus, you should be denied state-funded health care and pay for it yourself



One thing you can say about Piers Morgan: He's impossible to pigeonhole into any one sociopolitical camp.

You can scream that he's a leftist for being decidedly anti-gun — but then he stands up loudly against woke culture and vigorously defends freedom of speech, views that conservatives are way more likely to share.

Now what?

Morgan once again is turning more than a few heads, not only for bashing American gymnast Simone Biles for pulling out of Olympic competition because she claimed she wasn't in the right mental place, but also for ripping unvaccinated individuals.

Huh?

Yup. Morgan, in addition to being very much in favor of getting the COVID-19 shots, threw down in a big way against those who haven't yet been vaccinated.

"Those who refuse to be vaccinated, with no medical reason not to, should be refused [National Health Service] care if they then catch COVID," he tweeted Tuesday. "I'm hearing of anti-vaxxers using up [intensive care unit] beds in London at vast expense to the taxpayer. Let them pay for their own stupidity & selfishness."

Those who refuse to be vaccinated, with no medical reason not to, should be refused NHS care if they then catch cov… https://t.co/8oQHQKtoEt

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 1627417017.0

He preceded the aforementioned tweet with a separate shot across the bow at the vaccine-hesitant: "The furious determination of so many supposedly intelligent people to refuse to be vaccinated against COVID is staggering, incredibly stupid and deeply depressing. What the f*** is wrong with you????"

The furious determination of so many supposedly intelligent people to refuse to be vaccinated against covid is stag… https://t.co/VpJf3Ug8FP

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) 1627416405.0

How did folks react?

As with all things Piers-related, he has himself a devoted group of loyalists — and his share of rabid critics. To wit:

"I'm double jabbed and have now been diagnosed with myocarditis. Caused by the vaccine. No one knows what the long-term effects are from this. Injured by the f***ing vaccine. I wish I'd never taken it," one commenter replied to Morgan. "So piss off trying to force ppl to take this poison."

And...

"A highly provocative tweet, but he has a point," another user noted. "If you refuse to undertake a simple medical procedure designed to prevent the condition, I struggle to see why you deserve the time, cost and resources of something entirely self inflicted."

Here are some other reactions from both camps:

  • "I admire the writing of this tweet," another commenter declared. "Furious."
  • "Anti vaxxers['] antics will stop the world pulling us out of this pandemic," another user noted. "They all need to wake up."
  • "The vaccines work, that is proven," another commenter said. "Not 100% effective but neither are seatbelts but people still buckle up when they get in a car!"
  • "You utter fool," another user told Morgan. "Have you heard of the numbers in hospital after having had the vaccine? You are a professional propaganda merchant. And innumerate to boot."
  • "This is vile," another commenter wrote. "What about the people who've experienced serious adverse reactions to the vaccine?? What about those who've died after taking it?? You're complicit in medical apartheid. Disgusting."
  • "Shall we prevent smokers getting any cancer treatment as well then?" another user asked. "Perhaps obese people shouldn't receive any treatment for heart conditions? Everybody is aware of the risks of these and they are far greater. Moron."

Unvaccinated people might not be who the media tell you they are, new data reportedly shows



In the face of missed vaccination targets and a rise in COVID-19 infections, the Biden administration and its mainstream media counterparts have selected their scapegoat for the continuation of the pandemic — vaccine-refusing Republicans.

"Joe Biden is done coddling conservatives and their anti-vaccine bulls**t," the headline of a recent Vanity Fair article blared.

That article had riffed off a report from Politico that stated: "The Biden administration is casting conservative opponents of its COVID-19 vaccine campaign as dangerous and extreme, adopting a more aggressive political posture in an attempt to maneuver through the public health conundrum."

Still another report from the Intelligencer stated, "The willfully unvaccinated are the newest Republican martyrs."

Just a brief survey of the media landscape surfaces countless more articles and soundbites making essentially the same claim: Conservatives are the ones refusing the vaccine and subsequently prolonging the nation's recovery from the virus.

But is that actually the case? According to new data from the Kaiser Family Foundation, it appears no, at least not entirely. The health policy think tank published studies on COVID-19 vaccinations by race, ethnicity, and age recently that seemed to suggest that traditionally Democratic groups — blacks, Hispanics, and young people — are the ones not getting vaccinated.

With growing spread of the Delta variant, COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, & deaths are rising.Persistently lowe… https://t.co/EGP3MxXkU8

— Samantha Artiga (@SArtiga2) 1626893382.0

In a study published this week, KFF reported, "The percent of White people who have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose (48%) was roughly 1.3 times higher than the rate for Black people (36%) and 1.2 times higher than the rate for Hispanic people (41%) as of July 19, 2021."

In a separate study published late last month, KFF noted that younger adults, those age 18-29, were among the least vaccinated subgroups with just 55% reportedly receiving at least one dose.

Part of the reason for some confusion and exaggeration of the political vaccination divide could be that the Republican states with lowest vaccination rates — such as Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Georgia — also happen to be states with large minority populations.

In its coverage of the news, Issues & Insights noted that findings from a Monmouth poll last month further suggested that "Republicans are not entirely, or even mostly, to blame for low vaccine rates."

According to that poll, 70% of whites said they had received at least one dose of the vaccine while only 59% of those in minority groups said they had.

Additionally, though Republicans were far less likely to have received the vaccine than Democrats, more Republicans (60%) than Independents (59%) had in fact already received the first dose. Similarly, slightly fewer Republicans (26%) than Independents (27%) stated that they "likely will never get" the vaccine.

Interestingly, Issues & Insights went on to note that "it's leftists who are the most influential anti-vaxxers on the planet":

The "dirty dozen" of anti-COVID vaccine influencers compiled by one research group is made up of people such as: a Nation of Islam member, a regular columnist at the left-wing Huffington Post, the head of the Urban Global Health Alliance, a "holistic psychiatrist," a former owner of an organic farm, several alternative medicine quacks, and long-time anti-vaxxers including ... Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"Not exactly a bunch of right-wing Trump supporters," the outlet quipped. "In fact, some in this 'dirty dozen' have targeted the black community with anti-vax messages."

Yet instead of targeting vaccine-hesitant minority communities in addition to vaccine-hesitant Republicans, the left is determined to take the more politically expedient route and attack conservatives alone.

Virtue-signaling Gayle King boasts she's banning unvaccinated family members for Thanksgiving — and credits Dr. Fauci for her stance



"CBS This Morning" host Gayle King injected a bit of personal virtue-signaling while interviewing Dr. Anthony Fauci about the Biden administration's intention to go door to door to convince all Americans to get COVID-19 vaccinations, particularly with the rise of the Delta variant.

What happened?

Fauci said during Monday's broadcast — in regard to those who haven't yet received the shots, or refuse to get them — "when you get down to now a core, lesser group, you've got to go one on one, and that's really what the president was talking about — about trying to get some of these advisers, not federal officials but community people, to go out there and try and convince people why it's so important for their own health, for that of their family, and for that of the community to go out and get vaccinated."

He also said more people getting vaccinated is "the solution" to stave off the impact of the coronavirus.

With that, King chimed in with her full endorsement: "Dr. Fauci, I don't know many more times you can say to people, 'Listen, it will save your life.' I have this problem with some members of my own family, which I'm now going to ban for Thanksgiving vacation. That's how strongly I'm taking what you're saying."

Dr. Anthony Fauci breaks down booster debate as concerns over Delta variant rises youtu.be

Anything else?

King's tough stance reflected Fauci's borderline annoyed take last week as he told the unvaccinated to just "get over it" and get the shot.

"We're not asking anybody to make any political statement one way or another. We're saying try and save your life and that of your family and that of the community," Fauci said during an interview with MSNBC's Chris Hayes.

He added, "Here we have a vaccine that's highly, highly effective in preventing disease and certainly in preventing severe disease and hospitalization. It's easy to get. It's free and it's readily available. So, you know, you've gotta ask, 'What is the problem? Get over it. Get over this political statement. Just get over it and try and save the lives of yourself and your family.'"

In addition, Fauci suggested Sunday that local municipalities should begin issuing COVID-19 vaccine mandates — and predicted they're coming once the Food and Drug Administration gives full approval to the vaccines.

"I have been of this opinion, and I remain of that opinion, that I do believe at the local level, Jake, there should be more mandates. There really should be," Fauci told Jake Tapper, host of CNN's "State of the Union."

(H/T: LifeZette)

Make-a-Wish reverses ban on unvaccinated kids; charity now states it 'will not require anyone to get vaccinated to receive a wish'



Make-a-Wish has reversed its ban on granting wishes to unvaccinated children and their families.

What are the details?

A viral video surfaced last week of Make-a-Wish president and CEO Richard Davis saying the charity will "resume granting air-travel wishes within the United States and its territories, as well as granting wishes involving large gatherings for vaccinated wish families, as soon as Sept. 15 of 2021."

Make-a-Wish stopped granting wishes involving air travel in early 2020 amid the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Davis added in the video that "all wish participants, including your wish kid and any siblings, will need to be two weeks past completion of either a one-dose or a two-dose vaccine."

And while Make-a-Wish said it would not require vaccination proof, Davis also said in the clip that all adults must sign a "letter of understanding that certifies that they and any minors participating in the wish are vaccinated and understand the risks of traveling at this time."

This is literally a new low for humanity. Terminally ill children will not be granted a wish.. from the make a wish… https://t.co/q6IyxRmsT9

— Pelham_3 (@Pelham_3) 1624519776.0

As you can imagine, reaction against Make-a-Wish's move was swift and severe, with commenters calling it everything from "utterly vile" to "absolutely disgusting."

Reversal

But on Sunday, Make-a-Wish released a statement saying the charity is reversing the decision, noting that it now "will not require anyone to get vaccinated to receive a wish."

"We understand that there are many families whose children aren't eligible for the vaccine yet, and we also know that there are families who are choosing to not get the vaccine," the statement also read. "We respect everyone's freedom of choice. Make-a-Wish will continue to grant wishes for all eligible children."

Anything else?

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends COVID-19 vaccination for those 12 years of age and older. However, the World Health Organization notes that "children and adolescents tend to have milder disease compared to adults, so unless they are part of a group at higher risk of severe COVID-19, it is less urgent to vaccinate them than older people, those with chronic health conditions and health workers."

The WHO adds that "more evidence is needed on the use of the different COVID-19 vaccines in children to be able to make general recommendations on vaccinating children against COVID-19."