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Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

  • ArugulaZ@kbin.social
    781·
    9 months ago

    Anti-vaxxers, of course. Everyone thank the anti-vaxxers with both middle fingers!

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      182·
      9 months ago

      Agreed, but not just them, it is also about making sure vaccines are properly available and accessible, the clinics are open when parents are able to get to them (or out of work hours) and that their availability is properly advertised and promoted. It needs to be made as easy as possible for people to get their kids jabbed with as little impact on their daily schedules as possible.

    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
      228·
      9 months ago

      How? There has always been X number of people who do not take vaccines, the largest group are the Amish and other smaller religious groups? The crazies you speak of are a tiny minority.

      If there is more measles but the same group of people are taking the shots then measles would not increase by much. You think that people who took shots before are not taking them anymore?

      • otp
        39·
        9 months ago

        In the last 20 to 30ish years, there’s been a rise in anti-vax rhetoric, including massive campaigns specifically against the MMR vaccine.

      • NotJustForMe@lemmy.ml
        12·
        9 months ago

        What do you mean, the same group of people? You take the vaccine once, usually when you are a child. So if you got it for your kid, and they decided you are an archaic, brainwashed fool and didn’t get it for theirs, there you go.