The household of a four-year-old boy battling leukemia declare they’re being evicted from a Ronald McDonald Home in Vancouver as a result of they’re refusing to get vaccinated towards COVID-19 – however the charity says it will likely be providing various lodging.
Ronald McDonald Home’s British Columbia and Yukon Department (RMHBC), which gives non permanent housing for households of kids present process therapy for critical medial circumstances, on Monday despatched out a letter to all its residents, notifying them {that a} vaccine mandate was going into impact on January 17, adopted by a two-week grace interval.
Below the brand new coverage, everybody 5 years and older should get at the very least the primary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Those that fail to conform might be required to go away the power on January 31.
‘RMHBC acknowledges and acts upon its duty to take care of a protected and wholesome surroundings together with taking each precaution affordable within the circumstances to guard the well being and security of people attending at an RMHBC Facility, notably given the weak populations serviced by RMHBC and the numerous threat of transmission of communicable illness in our congregate residing settings,’ the letter learn partially.
Austin Furgason, a father from British Columbia, Canada, this week obtained a letter from the Ronald McDonald Home’s BC and Yukon Department, the place his household have been staying throughout his son’s most cancers therapy, saying the upcoming eviction of unvaccinated residents
Furgason’s four-year-old son, Jack (pictured), is battling Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Austin Furgason, a father-of-two from Kelowna, British Columbia, shared a video on social media on Tuesday, which reveals him confronting an administrator on the Ronald McDonald Home in Vancouver, the place his household has been staying whereas his four-year-old son, Jack, is present process therapy for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Within the recording, Furgason reveals the letter saying the vaccine mandate, then asks to talk to an administrator.
‘I simply wish to get this straight: by the top of the month, my four-year-old boy with leukemia is getting evicted as a result of we do not have a vaccine? ‘ he asks.
The administrator replies that the eviction wouldn’t apply to his son, who’s beneath 5, however quite to his dad and mom if they’re unvaccinated.
‘That is some sort of loopy evil like I’ve by no means seen in my life,’ Furgason says.
He then launches into an argument that even these individuals who have been vaccinated can nonetheless contract and transmit COVID. He additionally accuses the charity of forcing folks to decide on between their youngsters and getting vaccinated towards their beliefs.
Anybody who’s unvaccinated towards COVID must depart the RMHBC in Vancouver (pictured) on January 13
Below the brand new coverage, everybody 5 years and older should get at the very least the primary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
A viral video reveals Furgason confronting a RMHBC administrator concerning the vaccine mandate
Furgason factors out that his son, who’s seen enjoying on the ground subsequent to him, has his different photographs, including: ‘we’re not anti-vaxxers.’
The RMHBC official presses Furgason on whether or not his household are vaccinated towards COVID, to which he says: ‘no.’
The US Facilities for Illness Management and Prevention’s web site states that ‘COVID-19 vaccines are efficient at stopping an infection, critical sickness, and dying. Most individuals who get COVID-19 are unvaccinated.
‘Nonetheless, since vaccines are usually not 100% efficient at stopping an infection, some people who find themselves absolutely vaccinated will nonetheless get COVID-19.’
Furgason and his household are usually not vaccinated towards COVID, and the dad says he believes it is pointless
Jack will not be required to be vaccinated as a result of he’s beneath the age of 5. All unvaccinated residents of RMHBC might be supplied various lodging
The video of Furgason’s confrontation with the RMHBC supervisor has gone viral on Twitter, having been considered greater than 721,000 occasions as of Wednesday, and has prompted a response from the charity, which runs greater than 685 applications benefiting sick youngsters and their households in 62 nations around the globe.
RMHBC instructed CityNews that its household companies staff and social employees will work to search out various lodging, resembling inns, for unvaccinated sufferers and their family members.
As of Tuesday, the British Columbia Centre for Illness Management has reported a complete of over 286,000 COVID-19 circumstances within the province, with 2,239 new circumstances.