"There are varied opinions, and very strong opinions," Premier Blaine Higgs, who voted in favour of the change, said earlier this month on CBC's Power & Politics.ĭr. schoolchildren was proposed in 2020, but was defeated. Legislation to strengthen mandatory-vaccination rules for N.B. No provincial or territorial government has announced plans for a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in schools, but jurisdictions such as Ontario and New Brunswick already require vaccinations for certain preventable diseases in students entering the public school system. About five per cent of five- to 11-year-old children in Canada have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. "I recommend first really trying to build confidence in the population and make it as easy as possible for people to get vaccinated before considering a policy that has potentially negative consequences on children or parents," they said.Ī children's COVID-19 vaccine clinic is set up at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, on Dec. In fact, in some jurisdictions, mandates did more harm than good by pushing some people away from vaccination, Greyson says. But Greyson notes that for regions with existing vaccine mandates, adding COVID-19 vaccination "absolutely makes sense." Better communication, access and reporting systems also played a role. They found that while uptake does increase, the boost can't be solely attributed to mandates. Greyson, an assistant professor of health communication at the University of British Columbia, has studied the efficacy of childhood vaccine mandates. "For provinces that don't have vaccine mandate policies, to start a conversation about vaccine mandates at a time where emotions are very heightened around vaccination is a risky endeavour," said public health researcher Devon Greyson. California, which already has strict vaccine requirements for students, is mulling the addition of the COVID-19 vaccine to that list. Meanwhile, in the United States, New York City now requires students to be vaccinated before taking part in extracurricular activities. In December, Windsor's city council endorsed a recommendation from its health unit that all elementary school students be vaccinated before returning to school. Fewer than half of Canadian children ages five to 11 have received their first COVID-19 vaccine dose, but Canadian experts say now may not be the time to start mandating them for students attending school in person.
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