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When will kids be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine? Experts weigh in
COVID-19 vaccine in Canada, according to experts.Dr. Karina Top, a pediatric and infectious disease physician at IWK Health Cente in Halifax and vaccine researcher at the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, says that despite children being in close contact in school settings, they’re lower on the vaccine priority list due to their transmission rates and less severe outcomes of the virus.“Fortunately, COVID is generally or almost always a very mild disease in children,” Top told Global News.“And young children (don’t) contribute to the spread of COVID as much as adults or older age groups.