Saskatchewan doctor calls for vaccine prioritization for intellectually disabled
While the number of people vaccinated in the province continues to rise, a Saskatchewan doctor is raising concern about a segment of the population she feels is being left behind.
She worries that if priority isn’t given to the population group, lives will be at stake.
“One study showed that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to die of COVID-19. I think nearly eight times as likely. So that makes it the highest ranked predictor of mortality besides age,” said family medicine resident physician Alicia Thatcher.
