A 2022 memo by the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) recommended wearing masks or going outdoors before hugging unvaccinated children, who could be carriers of COVID-19 and may “pass the virus onto others.”
“Determine if additional preventive practices are needed when hugging or being physical close, for example wearing masks and gathering outdoors,” PHAC said in a memo marked “updated” on April 19, 2022. “Hugs are safer if the child wears a mask,” the memo noted, as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
