united-states fraud vaccination
Is it a crime to falsely claim that you’re older than 16 in order to get vaccinated?
<p>The Pfizer vaccine is only approved for people over the age of 16 in the US. Let’s say a person is 13 years old and wants to get vaccinated. Would it be a crime for them to arrive at a vaccination site, claim that they’re 16 and receive the vaccine? Currently many vaccination sites don’t require any ID to get vaccinated, so you won’t have to produce any false documents.</p>

<p>Yes. Depending on the state, this would likely be classified as fraud, theft by deception, larceny by trick, or something similar.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, these laws make it a crime to obtain the property of another person through some factual misrepresentation. By misrepresenting your age to obtain a vaccine from a person who would not give it to you knowing your true age, you would be guilty of the offense.</p>
