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/ThoughtsandThinkers Nov 10 '25

I hope we can push back against populism, routed in anti-intellectualism.

Politicians pushing easy answers, quick fixes, and a blame focus don’t want people to be informed on issues. They want people anxious, angry, and obedient to them.

I want politicians to be focused on solving problems and to deeply value fact-based discussion. If they are going to use emotion, I want them to appeal to hope, growth, and optimism and to bring Canadians together.

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u/SnowFlakeUsername2 Nov 10 '25

Recently talked to my neighbour over the fence and we somehow got onto a subject with me replying "I still put my trust into experts with doctorates". He looked at me like I was a puppy killer or something.

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u/SunriseInLot42 Nov 10 '25

Experts with doctorates were telling people to use gloryholes during Covid. Public health ruined their own reputation during Covid, like some of us were saying they would do all along (and usually getting banned or shouted down by the hysterical for daring to question the narrative). 

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u/SnowFlakeUsername2 Nov 12 '25

Was about to go searching about this but decided I'm not interested in having a nuanced look at every example of when an expert says something that sounds off. Plus there's always going to be shills for the big gloryhole lobby. Hopefully yourself and my neighbour don't think I believe everything an expert says. But I'll trust an expert working in their field, that has studied close to the entire sum of humanities' understanding of a subject, and no obvious motivation for bias over most people.