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Canada heading toward major measles outbreak without vaccine boost, new modelling suggests (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 6 months ago by TSG_Asmodeus@lemmy.world to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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As of Friday, at least 31 cases of measles have been reported so far this year across Canada, according to a CBC News tally of provincial and regional figures released by public health teams.

That's already the largest annual total since 2019 and more than double the number of cases reported last year, as medical experts fear the number will rise while more Canadians travel in and out of the country this month for March break.

New projections from a team at Simon Fraser University (SFU) in British Columbia show the grim possibilities. The modelling suggests that vaccine coverage of less than 85 per cent can lead to dozens of cases within small communities — or even hundreds if immunization rates are lower.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 25 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Fuck anti vaxxers, we should just introduce an extra tax that applies to people behind on vaccinations... maybe add ten onto their bracket's percentage.

[–] veroxii@aussie.zone 22 points 6 months ago

We've gotten too soft on this stuff. I'm old and I remember as a kid in the 80s we'd occasionally all get lined up at school and vaccinated with something. Pretty sure our parents weren't asked for permission.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like there are laws covering reckless endangerment already, right? Wikipedia says

Public endangerment is usually applied to crimes which place the public in some form of danger, although that danger can be more or less severe according to the crime. It is punished most frequently in Canada.

Just use that. Refusing vaccinations is public endangerment. Fraudulently giving people a pass to skip their vaccine is fraud and endangerment.

[–] bl4ckblooc@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

They wouldn’t never do that, because the RCMP are anti-vaxxers.