Just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the overwhelming majority of parents or guardians of 2-year-olds agreed that vaccines were safe and effective and helped protect their child's health. Parents and guardians were also more favourably inclined to have their child vaccinated in 2019 than they were two years earlier.
At the time of this release, COVID-19 vaccines are not yet approved for children in Canada. However, a variety of other vaccines are recommended to help prevent childhood diseases such as measles, tetanus and polio.
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