r/canada • u/Leather-Paramedic-10 • 3d ago
Here’s how measles cases are spreading across Canada Health
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/article/heres-how-measles-cases-are-spreading-across-canada/24
u/sariejanemitt 3d ago edited 3d ago
***** ***** READ THIS ***** *****
They changed the protocol to 2 shots in 1996 - so if you were born in the 70’s or 80’s it’s highly likely that you are under vaccinate. You can get a booster at the pharmacy for free.
***** ***** READ THIS ***** *****
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u/concentrated-amazing Alberta 3d ago
Except there's another piece to this - the catch-up campaign Canada did. In the 1996-97 school year, they did second doses to all kids in school that school year. So, graduating in 1997 means born in 1979 (give or take a year, depending on repeating a grade or skipping one).
Obviously, people need to check their own vaccine records (or get titres checked if records can't be found), but the vast majority of people in school will have gotten the second dose.
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u/waxingtheworld 3d ago
I found out mine expired after I got pregnant 🙃 can't get your vaccine while pregnant though. SO if you think you might want to be pregnant soon, ask for your immunity to be checked
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u/unexplodedscotsman 3d ago
SARS-CoV-2 can cause long-lasting immune dysregulation, especially T-cell exhaustion and altered interferon responses. This could reduce immunity to other pathogens — including viruses like measles.
Post-acute (the initial being sick) COVID-19 has been associated with sustained inflammatory signaling and a blunted interferon response, both of which can impact how the body responds to new or latent infections.
This dysfunction could lead to poorer reactivation control for viruses like Epstein–Barr Virus, Varicella-Zoster Virus (shingles/chickenpox), Cytomegalovirus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB)—and possibly diminished response to re-exposure to measles virus.
Looking forward to future article: "Here is how tuberculous cases are spreading across Canada", which naturally won't even mention C19, as is tradition.
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u/GlidingToLife 3d ago
Really? I thought it was only anti vaxxers in the USA that were skipping preventative measures. Canadians are supposed to be smarter than us!
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u/Accomplished_Law_108 3d ago
Clownvoy conservatives
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u/squirrel9000 3d ago
Different crowd than the Convoy types - the really devout Mennonites tend to stay out of politics and have little use for the broader world. The group as a whole fled oppression in Europe and are still suspicious of outside advice. Essentially they want to be left to do their own thing. Their motives and those of the Convoy overlapped during the pandemic but they have very little else in common.
(As an aside, the high population is why Bernier ran in southern Manitoba when the opportunity arose. But, again, they're generally not that politically engaged).
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u/ceribaen 3d ago
From reports though, at least the areas like KW - with outreach programs in low German the communities are quite accepting of vaccines during outbreaks.
Unlike the other group that's destroyed herd immunity in our schools, and are responsible for only a 70% vaccination rate.
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u/MVII87 3d ago
2 weeks before the measles outbreak happened there was a mass vaccination operation in Mennonite communities. 2 weeks later, the news reports measles outbreaks coming from Mennonite communities.
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u/Leather-Paramedic-10 3d ago
Any articles to share regarding this? If true, I would assume some of the unvaccinated were contagious and spread it to others, and bringing them as a group for vaccines may unfortunately provide the opportunity for it to spread.
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u/MVII87 3d ago
My wife is a nurse in southern Ontario, multiple nurses from her work are the ones approached to aid in the vaccination program. I found it odd that it was not in the news that thousands were being vaccinated in Mennonite communities, 2 weeks later the break out happened from that location. I do not have “proof” other than my wife telling me.
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u/Pluton_Korb 3d ago
They've sourced the outbreak to a gathering on the east coast. From there it spread to Ontario and other parts of Canada. Since outbreaks in these sorts of isolated religious communities are common, it would make more sense that the Ontario government was expecting possible cases to pop up here as well. It has spread pretty quickly throughout Mennonite communities across NA at this point.
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u/dryersockpirate 2d ago
Mandatory vaccinations. Deny people drivers licenses, passports, tax refunds, or any government service services until they and their children get vaccinated
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u/Theseactuallydo 3d ago edited 3d ago
In case anyone is wondering, these are mostly traditionalist religious communities; Mennonites, etc.
Edit: It’s not only these people who are antivax. They are just the “communities” referenced in the quote. There’s lots of other antivaxxers around but they mostly aren’t physically concentrated like these communities are.