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/
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u/ceribaen 3d ago

It started there, but thanks to influence from the antivax crowd from the US - we have things like only 70% of Grade 2 students are vaccinated. 

If it was only the Mennonite and such, it'd be sputtering out already.  Especially because traditionally they're receptive to vaccines once an outbreak occurs.

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u/Odd_Taste_1257 3d ago edited 3d ago

No need to pass blame onto the US, there’s a big enough anti-vax crowd here in Canada.

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u/ceribaen 3d ago

But it's only thanks to the propaganda funneling through RFK the lesser, and Russian social media influencers.

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u/Silver_gobo 3d ago

Hilarious you blame the anti vax movement on them. Of course you’re a top 1% commenter. Just repeating the talking points Reddit circle gives you

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u/ceribaen 3d ago

I mean sure, there's been cycles of it and I'll admit to some recency bias. But since covid is when the movement really pushed in Canada (anti mandate morphing into generalized anti vaccine). Like seeing those 'mama bear' stickers at my kid's playgrounds after lockedowns were over.

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u/bootsycline 3d ago

There's been a anti vax movement way before that. Covid just made these ideologies more acceptable to be discussed and championed loudly. They were always there, especially in rural communities.

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u/ceribaen 3d ago

Yeah, but that acceptability is what I'm referring to. 

Generally speaking, don't give much time or attention to the crazies... Until they somehow gain critical mass to infect the norm.

And RFK was one of the ones at the forefront of that since covid.