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   NHS wants to sedate Down’s syndrome patient for Covid jab against   
   mother’s will   
   Mother of patient describes ‘covert’ spiking of drinks as ‘tantamount to   
   assault’ and breach of human rights   
      
      
   The patient is the subject of a series of Court of Protection orders   
   because he 'lacks capacity' and cannot make decisions for himself   
   The patient is the subject of a series of Court of Protection orders   
   because he ‘lacks capacity’ and cannot make decisions for himself   
   Steve Bird   
   28 September 2024 4:26pm   
   A mother has launched a legal battle to stop the state from spiking her   
   Down’s syndrome son’s drinks with sedatives so he can be jabbed with the   
   Covid vaccine, The Telegraph can reveal.   
   Cups of tea and glasses of orange juice have been secretly laced with   
   sedatives to subdue the man, in his thirties, so he can be given the   
   vaccine and booster jabs.   
   But his mother now is planning to prosecute her local NHS integrated   
   care board (ICB) for “forced vaccination”, which she claims is   
   “tantamount to assault” and a breach of his human rights.   
   Adam, whose name has been changed because he cannot be identified, is   
   the subject of a series of Court of Protection orders because he “lacks   
   capacity” and cannot make decisions for himself.   
   His ICB, which also cannot be named, obtained a court order in 2021   
   allowing the “covert” spiking so he can be given the AstraZeneca vaccine.   
   The court concluded the vaccine was in Adam’s “best interests” because   
   he is in a “clinical risk group” due to his learning disabilities,   
   autism, Down’s syndrome and obesity.   
   The method of sedating him via a drink was chosen because it “avoids the   
   use of restraint or physical force” and overcomes Adam’s needle phobia,   
   legal papers seen by The Telegraph explain.   
   Catherine, his mother, is fighting a fresh application made by the ICB   
   to allow care home staff to administer sedation and vaccines without   
   having to seek court approval each time the Government issues new   
   vaccine guidance.   
   ‘The pandemic is over’   
   “The pandemic is over and Covid is now treated as little more than the   
   common cold,” his mother, who is in her 60s and from the home counties,   
   said. “But my son is being categorised as at the same risk as those with   
   life-threatening diseases.   
   “It is terrifying that this is happening years after the pandemic and at   
   a time when we are not required to wear masks or socially distance.   
   “As Adam’s mother, I know what is best for him. I think this excessive   
   state intervention is unfair, particularly now the Covid landscape has   
   changed so drastically.”   
   The mother and her legal team have set up a crowdfunding campaign called   
   “Stop Sedate-to-Vaccinate” to raise funds for her to fight the NHS   
   application for “forced medical treatments”.   
   A court previously heard that Adam struggled to follow social distancing   
   rules because he liked to “hug” people.   
   His carers, including his doctor and a solicitor assigned by the court   
   to represent him, believe he needs the vaccine because Government   
   guidelines classify him as vulnerable due to his “chronic neurological   
   disease”.   
   Benefits outweigh risks   
   The 2021 ruling by Judge Brown concluded that although Adam “finds   
   health interventions distressing” the benefits of the vaccine “far   
   outweigh the risks”.   
   But his mother, a devout Christian, claims administering the vaccine   
   “against his will” has meant he “will not be able to trust people and   
   his life will be filled with fear”, adding that it amounts “to unlawful   
   use of restraint.”   
   She also claims he has lost weight and “is healthier than the average   
   person” who “hardly gets a cold” and has already had Covid which was   
   mild.   
   The judge concluded she was in no position to rule on the efficacy of   
   the vaccine or some of the other theories about it which were based on   
   “extraordinary and dangerous misinformation”.   
   In her ruling allowing the initial vaccination, Judge Brown wrote how   
   she understood “genuine and legitimate concern from some, about the   
   administering of a new vaccine to combat a new virus”, adding how some   
   people “legitimately and in good faith, raise questions about its   
   efficacy and possible side effects.”   
   ‘Waste of public money’   
   The mother’s lawyer, Stephen Jackson of Jackson Osborne Solicitors, said   
   Adam’s four years of good health without vaccination since the pandemic   
   “speaks volumes for his natural immune system.”   
   “This is a scandalous waste of public money. The Joint Committee on   
   Vaccination and Immunisation assesses they need to jab approximately   
   10,500 people like Adam to avoid just one non-severe visit to the hospital.   
   “At £25 a shot, that’s £262,000 that could be better spent, leave aside   
   the cost of these proceedings.”   
   A spokesman for the UK Health Security Agency, the government body   
   responsible for public health protection, said it would be   
   “inappropriate” to comment on a specific case.   
   He added: “Vaccination is voluntary on the basis of informed consent.   
   Where an adult is unable to consent for themselves it is a matter for   
   their doctors to consider their best interests in collaboration with   
   relatives.”   
   The integrated care board, which insists Adam’s sedation and vaccination   
   are legal, declined to comment “because of patient confidentiality”.   
   The case will be heard at the Court of Protection in November.   
   Inside the secret sedation plot   
   As a “thank you” for having a mug of breakfast tea and a glass of orange   
   juice brought into his room, Adam invariably hugged the staff he trusts   
   so implicitly at his care home.   
   Unbeknown to him, on five separate occasions over the last 16 months   
   those drinks were laced with a “covert anxiolytic medication” – a   
   powerful sedative. Twice he became groggy before eventually succumbing   
   to a deep sleep.   
   Each time, a team of senior carers, a nurse and the home’s manager stood   
   quietly outside the room awaiting the nod to enter. One of them was   
   armed with a syringe – kept well hidden due to Adam’s needle phobia -   
   loaded with the Covid vaccine.   
   When the sedatives worked, Adam’s sleeve was quickly rolled up, the   
   antiseptic wipe swiped over his upper arm and the needle inserted deep   
   into his muscle as the plunger was pressed emptying the syringe barrel   
   of its viscous contents. One carer made copious notes in readiness for a   
      
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