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‘My son does not deserve to be one of those statistics’: Mom appeals human rights complaint dismissal
Jessica Bleasdale heard New Brunswick was removing COVID-19 public safety restrictions across the province, including in schools, she leaped into action for her young son River.River, 12, is in Grade 7 and has both neurodevelopmental and gastrointestinal issues. It is something he and his family know makes him more vulnerable to contracting COVID-19 and the complications that can arise from infection.It made her nervous to send him to school — and nervous about almost all the things a parent would be with an immunocompromised child.So, she filed a complaint with the Human Rights Commission in New Brunswick, against chief medical officer of health Dr.