After two Western Standard stories about Saskatchewan social workers vaccinating foster kids for COVID-19 without permission, the ministry agreed to answer some questions..READ MORE EXCLUSIVE: Sask social workers vaccinating foster kids for COVID without permission.The first question submitted was “Are you vaccinating kids for COVID-19 without a parent or caregiver's consent? Yes or no.”.“This isn’t a yes or no question. Who consents for a child to be immunized (and this is not specific to just COVID-19 vaccinations) depends on who is the legal guardian of the child,” said the written statement from the ministry of Social Services..“If a child is in care by residential agreement (what this is outlined in section 9 of the Child and Family Services Act), the child’s parent/legal guardian must consent to the immunization of the child for the child to receive the vaccine.”.“For children or youth who are in the care of the minister of Social Services (the ministry is the legal guardian of the child), their biological parent will be notified of the ministry’s intent to vaccinate.."If the biological parent opposes, we will work with the parent to build understanding and provide additional information from Public Health to the parent on the proposed immunization. If the parent continues to have concerns, the ministry will consult with a physician and receive medical advice in writing regarding the physician’s opinion on the child or youth receiving the vaccination, and the ministry will proceed with that advice and notify the parent.”.The answer to the first question is yes as the ministry’s response indicated it "will consult with a physician and receive medical advice in writing regarding the physician’s opinion on the child or youth receiving the vaccination, and the ministry will proceed with that advice and notify the parent.”.If the parent or guardian will not consent, the ministry goes to a doctor to get permission..The ministry chose not to answer the second question, which was “Is social services denying, pausing, and/or delaying adoptions because of the COVID-19 vaccination status of either the child or potential adoptive parent?”.READ MORE Sask Social Services investigates who exposed them vaccinating kids for COVID-19.The third and final question submitted was about the second Western Standard story “Why is Social Services asking caregivers if they talked to the Western Standard?”.There was no response to the question..The ministry of Social Services is currently doing an internal investigation into the children being vaccinated without proper permission.
