A 2022 memo by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recommended wearing masks or going outdoors before hugging unvaccinated children, who could be carriers of COVID-19 and may “pass the virus onto others.”
“Determine if additional preventive practices are needed when hugging or being physical close, for example wearing masks and gathering outdoors,” PHAC said in a memo marked “updated” on April 19, 2022. “Hugs are safer if the child wears a mask.”
In the memo title “Evergreen MLQA For Vaccine Communications,“ obtained through an access to information request, a question was asked about parents protecting their children who were under 12 years of age and too young for COVID-19 vaccines….