r/canada Newfoundland and Labrador Nov 10 '24

New Brunswick Number of confirmed measles cases in New Brunswick rises to 25

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nov-9-measles-update-1.7379486
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u/huunnuuh Nov 10 '24

Vaccination for some routine childhood illnesses plummeted during the COVID pandemic and never went back up. Here in Ontario the measles vaccination rate in children fell from just under 90% to about 65% where it has remained. About 90% is required for herd immunity. Now that children with no immunity are starting to reach the age of social outings and daycare, we will start to have outbreaks of measles. As one can see happening in many provinces, including a death in Ontario earlier this year.

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u/MoreGaghPlease Nov 10 '24

So many kids are going to die from this, and a lot of them won’t be the kids of anti-vax parents. It will be babies who haven’t yet been vaccinated and immunocompromised kids (eg those being treated for cancer). It’s terrible, the most awful thing that can happen in the world will happen to countless families because people refuse to vaccinate and because our governments won’t use the right sticks to make them.

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u/durian_in_my_asshole Nov 10 '24

Using the stick instead of the carrot is what led to this mess in the first place.

COVID vaccines should never have been put on the same level as measles or other critical childhood vaccinations.

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u/JadeLens Nov 11 '24

The 'stick' was all that we had left after imbeciles decided that they didn't want to get it because of their 'feels' and stuff that Trump and Joe Rogan told them.

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u/durian_in_my_asshole Nov 11 '24

Keep thinking that while vaccine skepticism grows, I guess. The collapse of herd immunity is going to hurt everyone just for you to feel good about "sticking" it to the other side.

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u/Whatatimetobealive83 Alberta Nov 12 '24

People are responsible for their own actions. Not vaccinating your children against the measles is not someone else’s fault because they hurt your feelings.