New York judge orders girl, 11, to have COVID vaccine against wises of her ...

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A judge in upstate New York has ordered an 11-year-old girl to get the Covid-19 vaccine, siding with her mother in a legal dispute with her father. 

The ruling comes in the re-opening of a 2012 divorce between Jeannie Figer and her ex, Donald Figer to ask the judge to let her vaccinate the child.

Donald didn't want them to rush vaccination as there were not any studies conducted on long-term side effects of the vaccine on kids, court papers say.

The father is a scientist and college professor 'at one of the area's premier institutions.' His Facebook page lists his place of employment as Rochester Institute of Technology. 

Monroe County Supreme Court Judge Richard Dollinger ruled that time is of the essence in getting the 11-year-old vaccinated against the virus.