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Lindsay Sorem's avatar

Cody is a very strong, brave and empathetic young man! He clearly comes from a loving family and we know he has the best Mama Bear in the world. I pray that Cody continues to heal and finds a local “tribe”. Please know up here in Minnesota we consider him part of the MN Team Humanity “tribe”.

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Cody is truly a remarkable young man!

As a retired Lawyer and Health Care Provider who spent several years working with Multiple Medical Malpractice firms, I have a concern related to the lack of informed consent. I do not know about your State (jurisdiction), but in many, if not most jurisdictions, failure to obtain informed consent for any medical procedure that involves any kind of "touching" constitutes a "battery" and in many jurisdictions constitutes both "assualt and battery." Either way, the failure to obtain informed consent for a "touching" is a crime. Sometimes the crime is a "misdemeanor" other times, in jurisdictions that "scale" felonies, it is a lower level felony.

My understanding of the PREP Act is that it does not provide immunity for failure to obtain "informed consent". Also, under the Nuremberg Code, which is law in the US, any experimental drug/vaccine has to have a more through informed consent. That informed consent has to include that this is an experimental drug, it is (and was when Cody got the vaccine) still under long term (Phase ll) studies so a true risk benefit analysis can not be given. since it is an experimental drug/vaccine no one can force (mandate) you to take it and you could die if you take it. The informed consent has to be obtained by the same Health Care Professional who ordered the vaccine, not by an office nurse, receptionist or other office worker and has to be signed and dated by both the Health Care Professional and the patient. Under the Nuremberg code, it is my understanding that failure to obtain this more through informed consent can result in a prosecution, under the Nuremberg Code, for Crimes Against Humanity. This is a Criminal Prosecution not covered under the usual Medical Malpractice Insurance coverage which is for Civil Lawsuits where the penalty if the doctor loses the case is money damages to the patient. Under a Criminal Prosecution the Health Care Professional loses personal freedom and can be incarcerated for life without the possibility of parole or worse.

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