B.C.’s child vaccine rate for COVID-19 is among the lowest in Canada. Why have efforts stalled? – CBC

Experts say provincial messaging that COVID-19 doesn’t spread in schools could be contributing

Apr 12, 2022

Bree Cropper, a mother of four in Penticton, B.C. said her family is staunchly “pro-vaccine, pro-science.” Still, she hesitated when her oldest daughter became eligible to a receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the summer of 2021.

“We asked her to hold off for a short bit so that we could watch the safety signals coming out of the states,” Cropper said, citing concerns around myocarditis, a rare vaccine side effect that causes the heart to become inflamed.

Her daughter was vaccinated by the next month. And by the time her younger daughters were eligible to be vaccinated in December, her concerns had all but evaporated. Her kids were first in line at the clinic, eager to get immunized so that they could safely visit their 101-year-old grandmother.

“There’s some fear as a parent because our kids are our most precious things the world, but I have a lot of confidence in all of the data,” she said.

Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-child-vaccination-rate-1.6417452