COVID-19.“I’d like to see them get them get vaccinated as soon as safely possible,” he says.Currently, Pfizer is available to those 12 and up, and Moderna is offered to people 18 years and older.“We want to balance out the safety of them getting the vaccine,” he says. “If they haven’t done tests yet, I don’t really want them putting needles in arms yet.“I would’ve liked to have seen them do tests by now, but hopefully they can get them done as soon as possible.” COVID-19: How to protect children who are too young for a vaccine There’s also a bit of sense of urgency from Newfoundland and Labrador-based epidemiologist Susanne Gulliver, but she too wants to proceed with caution.“The important thing is we get the data we need to make sure.