in lasalle, lily rowe, 16, said she did not want to take the vaccine, but her mother had other ideas. rowe made headlines in october for initiating a
mass walkout
at her high school, lasalle community comprehensive high school, to demand distance learning for all high school students.
rowe, who had been in a windowless room for hours each day, finally left school in october and has since been home schooled, along with her sister sarah, 13.
on thursday, rowe’s mother trina padulo, said she had already booked a vaccine for lily, who has special needs and qualifies to be vaccinated.
“i don’t want to get blood clots and die,” rowe told a reporter.
“she’s worried about the side effects about the vaccine,” padulo explained, and then addressed her daughter, saying: “but you’re going to go.”
padulo said she also plans to send her 13-year-old daughter to be vaccinated when it is her turn.
“i think it’s important that everyone steps up and gets the vaccine so we can get back to normal life as fast as possible.”
padulo added she will feel far better about sending her daughters back to school in the next school year if there are a majority of students who are vaccinated.
montreal west resident paul moreau said he’s all for vaccinating his son lukas, who attends secondary v at royal west academy.