![]() “It can be confusing for people but COVID is like any other infectious disease that has changes and we need to be fluid with that.” “We all have to get used to the realization this is an evolving situation with an ebb and flow…there is going to be peaks and valleys and outbreaks and lower exposure around the country, so strategies will come in and out to reflect the level of transmission,” Smart said. Smart said the fluid impact nature of COVID, amplified by the introduction of the Delta variant of the disease in North America, has created the need to alter existing public health care policies initiated at various stages over the last 19 months and will be a fact of life in our immediate future. Smart said the health side effects are far more significant to those who get sick with the virus compared to the vaccine, which does not prevent someone from catching COVID but restricts the imposition of side effects that could land a person in the hospital intensive care ward. ![]() Katherine Smart, a Yukon pediatrician, said while concerns raised by parents about the safety and necessity of the vaccine for young children are legitimate concerns, she said existing evidence indicates they are a safer option to catching the virus itself. ![]() The president of the Canadian Medical Association reinforced the public health message that a COVID-19 vaccine recently approved for 5-11 year olds is safe in a virtual forum organized this week by a trio of parent advisory councils.ĭr. ![]() Progress: North Okanagan Business Review and Forecast 2018. ![]()
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