Mr. Chair, I'll take this question.
That is correct. We are seeing some of the highest rates of infection as well as hospitalizations in the very young. The most senior populations still have the highest risks, but not surprisingly, if the younger children get sick, since they have smaller airways they can get sicker than others, as is the case with other respiratory viruses. As well, of course, as we all know, those under five are not vaccinated at this point.
I think there is good news, at least, that one manufacturer, Moderna, has submitted an application to Health Canada, so we hope that they too will benefit from vaccination as a form of protection in the future. Others—the parents, the older children, the people around them—can help protect this age group as well by taking all of those other layers of measures that I've talked about so often, such as getting vaccinated and masking, in order to reduce transmission to that age group.