Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with vaccine rates, you know, I mean, it varies across the territory as to where to get vaccines. Most of the health centres are the venue to get childhood vaccines, any vaccines. The community health nurse can give those. In the regional centres, we usually have public health units that do the majority of those vaccines in those regions, and the appointments can be -- you know, accessing those appointments through public health. Within Yellowknife, I know that the public health unit here there were some -- you know, some staffing, and my understanding is that they've recruited and now they have their unit. So they have well child clinics. They have travel clinics for vaccines. We also do vaccines in the schools with school-aged children as there's -- you know, there's vaccines that happen during the age groups that kids are in school. And, you know, they -- and they do provide the information upfront so that they can bring it home, they can get the consent signed. There's -- at a certain age, you know, the teenagers and stuff can make an informed decision to have the vaccine themselves. So there are many, many ways for this. I think the thing that we are trying to stress -- and that's what I tried to stress in my Minister's statement today -- is that online social media and misinformation is being rapidly spread, and we do not want people to think that that is the information. And so if the information is not coming from a trusted health care provider like the Northwest Territories, you know, one of the territorial provinces, you know, I would question it, and I would bring that information and ask questions to a health care provider. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Lesa Semmler on Question 606-20(1): Vaccine Hesitancy, Promotion and Access
In the Legislative Assembly on March 5th, 2025. See this statement in context.
Question 606-20(1): Vaccine Hesitancy, Promotion and Access
Oral Questions(reversion)
March 5th, 2025
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