Canada has most measles cases on the continent as infections up exponentially over 2024: Pan American Health Organization

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/national/canada-has-most-measles-cases-on-the-continent-as-infections-up-exponentially-over-2024-pan/article_71a40b1e-da0c-51ca-9439-acd8431cfa2b.html

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cabron_offsets@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 1y (7 replies)
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Typhoon@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 1y

We have idiots up here too.

Also we didn't stop counting cases.

SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 1y (3 replies)

From the other post with this:

TLDR: Berta has 37% of the cases this year at 12% of the population.

https://sh.itjust.works/comment/20410459

HKT3020@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Not sure if the stat still holds, but a while back there were more cases in Alberta alone than there were in the entire United States.

SamuelRJankis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 1y

1356 for America to 1667 for Alberta in 2025. One could certainly dispute the American number's accuracy given how things have been dismantled.

ilost7489@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 1y

As an Alberta, I’m not surprised

panda_abyss@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Family doctor shortage and overworked parents.

DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 1y

...and parents who wear shirts bragging about their unvaxxed sperm, and put "Trucker Rally 2022" decals/flags on everything they own.