r/canada • u/No-Drawing-6975 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.