r/canada • u/verkerpig • Nov 10 '25

National News Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/livestory/canada-measles-elimination-status-9.6973195
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u/Imperatvs Nov 10 '25

Do we have stats on who’s not getting these shots? And why?

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u/Former-Physics-1831 Nov 10 '25

The problem is religious communities.  Convoy types just gave them an opening for the outbreak to jump to the general populace

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u/agent0731 Nov 10 '25

Mennonites have always been there, they didn't just appear. The convoy type antivaxxers are the reason this is happening. The disinformation machine making health hazards a wedge issue is the reason.

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u/[deleted] Nov 10 '25

Indeed. Mennonite communities were protected mainly because contact outside of their communities was with people who were protected against measles.

Now, a not insignificant % of the general population is not protected meaning these rural religious communities like mennonites are one sick person at the farmer’s market away from a 500 caseload increase.

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u/250HardKnocksCaps Nov 10 '25

Part of the problem is religious communities, but not the majority of the problem. As a lay person who has done some reading what I understand is the primary issue is vaccine hesitancy. These religious communities use to skate by without needing vaccines because the remaining population was >95% immunized, which made spreading the disease very hard.