Measles spread 'like wildfire' among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/measles-spread-like-wildfire-in-northeast-b-c-1.7583583?cmp=rss

10 hospitalized in B.C., the majority children, as health officials hope spread of virus has peaked

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billwashere@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y

Because…

Measles is contagious dumbasses. This is why vaccines exist.

adespoton@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Northeast BC… so we’re talking in Peace River country / Alberta Lite? Or west of Fort Nelson?

gaiussabinus@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

Yes. Wonowon specifically.

Arghblarg@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y

So I'm right on the border of age that should get supposedly get a booster. Born in 1970. Would it be safe to get one now, just in case, even if I probably was just young enough to get them that year?

All the info I've read says that somehow everyone 1970 and later is fully vaccinated.. but I don't remember. What if I just missed getting the full round as a child?

k_rol@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 1y

🤦‍♂️

altphoto@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Wait this is not the US. What's going on up there?

expatriado@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 1y (4 replies)

antivaxxers exist outside the usa, sometimes they reproduce, causing their children to suffer for something they didn't get to choose themselves

nanook@friendica.eskimo.com · -3 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

We more or less defeated multiple diseases until YouTube came out and idiots started to do their own research.

nanook@friendica.eskimo.com · 1 pts · 1y
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expatriado@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

only 1 in 40000 make it to the age of onset?

vivalapivo@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Right... hey Americans, are vaccines free?

pdxfed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

No...and our recently anointed head of the CDC, RFK, has already reduced and restricted who is advised to receive even the flu and COVID annuals.

one_step_behind@quokk.au · 4 pts · 1y

From the Public Health Agency website: "Each province and territory decides which vaccines it will provide free of charge to the public."

So it depends ¯\(ツ)