At the start of the pandemic in 2020, there was very little concern for the impacts of the virus on children, as we were repeatedly told that they rarely caught the disease, or suffered any serious health consequences.

But 18 months on, a very different story is being told by health experts; as the Delta strain runs rampant in Australia and many other countries, the pressure to vaccinate children against COVID-19 is increasing.

The Quicky speaks to a Sydney mother, and an expert in children's disease to find out just how concerned we should be for the safety of our kids, and what we can do to protect them as the pandemic continues.

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CREDITS 

Host/Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

Guests:

Karen - A mother of six children, only the eldest of which have been able to access a COVID-19 vaccine

Associate Professor Asha Bowen - Program Head, Vaccines and Infectious Diseases at the Telethon Kids Institute, and Head of the Department of Infectious Diseases at Perth Children’s Hospital

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