With Canada expected to approve COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 12, some experts advocate for mandates
With the first COVID-19 vaccine for children under 12 expected to be authorized in Canada soon, there is growing debate among health officials and experts over whether kids should be subject to mandatory vaccination policies, and whether they should be able to claim non-medical exemptions.approved for children under 12 in Canada would be safe and effective, but some officials have advocated for delaying making inoculation a condition of going to school.
vaccine policies for medical and non-medical reasons. British Columbia implemented a reporting system in 2019 that requires parents to inform schools of theirThe upheaval caused by the pandemic has led some experts to advocate for increased use of vaccine mandates in schools to control the spread of COVID-19.
Kumanan Wilson, an internal medicine specialist at the Ottawa Hospital, said he feels provinces will eventually turn to the use of mandatory vaccine policies for school-aged kids, particularly if vaccination rates among children remain low and new waves of COVID-19 arrive. But health experts say it’s unclear those exemptions are reasonable, particularly during a prolonged public-health emergency“Most of the major religions have said ‘yes, please get vaccinated,’ ” Dr. Langley said. “They’re walking hand in hand with science.”
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