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Cecile Cassista, executive director of the N.B. Coalition for Seniors. The executive director for the Coalition for Seniors is expressing concerns over the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in the province. Cecile Cassista says New Brunswick is the only province where a younger age group, between 16 and 24, is taking precedence over seniors between 60 and 69 years old. “Their immune system is broken down and they have other illnesses as well, and we are actually not being preventative. What we are doing is encouraging these people to end up in the hospital, and that impacts our healthcare,” Cassista says. She says they support all age groups receiving a vaccine, but she feels the government needs to be consistent in following the recommendations from the National Advisory Committee. ....