Need for priority access to Covid-19 vaccines for people with disabilities

Phase 3 of the vaccine rollout in British Columbia is expected to start in April and includes everyone over 60. But neither the province nor the feds have prioritized disabled individuals and their essential caregivers in its vaccine distribution plan. In contrast to other countries which clearly indicate that people with certain types of disabilities are high priority, Canada has yet to give this guidance. Yona Lunsky is a senior scientist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Toronto and teaches in the Department of Psychiatry at University of Toronto.