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Alberta in the midst of worst measles outbreak since 1997 as doctors call for action (www.cbc.ca)
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[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I hope vaccination rates are high! "Measles is back" kind of sums up where we are as a species right now.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Got bad news for you. A recent article says rates are 70% in most areas and 50% in rural areas. Far below the 95% needed for herd immunity.

[–] streetfestival@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't know about "most areas" but, yeah, I think you're referencing the numbers provided by Alberta Medical Association's president to the Canadian Press yesterday. Vaccination rates are why some are predicting measles will become endemic [in North America, I think] again - maybe 40 years after Canada had declared it beaten.

https://lemmy.ca/post/42929323
https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/health/alberta-doctors-association-warns-measles-will-rise-ramped-up-health-campaign-needed/article_3c997808-f122-5d9f-9337-9cf5f6e0a5e6.html

Duggan said the province doesn’t have a high enough vaccination rate to prevent measles from circulating - a rate that is ideally above 95 per cent. She said even in urban centres like Edmonton and Calgary the rate is only at around 70 per cent, and there are pockets of the province that are at 50 per cent or lower.

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

Thanks for finding the source.