Canada loses measles elimination status
In what amounts to a national embarrassment on one side of the coin and a public health failure on the other, Canada has lost its measles elimination status, something it has held for 25 years.
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BC’s measles vax rate lower than Gaines County, Texas
In Gaines County, Texas, where a measles outbreak has killed one six-year-old and one adult, the measles vaccination rate among kindergarteners is just 82 per cent, according to reporting by The Atlantic. That’s a higher measles vaccination rate than children have here in B.C.
Concerning trend of vaccine hesitancy
There’s a concerning trend emerging in Canada and the United States when it comes to vaccine hesitancy.
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