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Vaccination against COVID-19: 18-24 year olds answer the call

The last segment of the adult population of Quebec became eligible Thursday, at the end of the day. This opening was supposed to happen on Friday, but the Clic Santé platform updated a little earlier than expected, as was the case for other age groups.

Young people, harder to convince?

A survey by the National Institute of Public Health of Quebec (INSPQ) recently revealed that young adults were the least likely to want to be vaccinated. Among 18-24 year olds, 14% of respondents did not intend to do so.

For two weeks, the Government of Quebec has circulated advertisements addressed to this minority.

Gatineau residents aged 18 to 24 crossed on Friday at Parc Moussette were not part of the target audience.

Michael Masozera, 20, had not yet made his appointment, but was planning to make it very soon. I think that among young people, we understand that taking the vaccine is a bit synonymous with regaining our freedom, he commented.

To know how to reach his generation, he believes than celebrities and public figures that we follow on social networks who promote vaccination can help, he replied.

Jean-Benoît Baby, also 20, reserved his time slot on Thursday. I have the impression that it is more a social pressure, to be vaccinated, he explained.

In Montreal, public health invited singer Émile Bilodeau to perform in a vaccination center.

In the Outaouais, such shows will also occur, announced the director of COVID-19 vaccination in the region, Nency Héroux, on the show Mornings from here.

We will have a group that will come to make music in one of our vaccination sites. So I can make announcements soon. We will be entitled to a few shows, indeed, she detailed on the air.

The Outaouais Integrated Health and Social Services Center (CISSS) also says that work is underway to facilitate vaccination outside designated sites in the coming weeks.

The next group will be 12 to 17 year olds, whom the provincial government wants to immunize by the end of June.

With information from Rosalie Sinclair, Mama Afou and Laurie Trudel

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