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riversedge

(75,695 posts)
Fri May 16, 2025, 08:25 AM May 16

Health Soaring number of Alberta measles cases worries health officials in both Canada, U.S.

Source: globalnews



By Ken MacGillivray & Drew Stremick Posted May 15, 2025 8:21 pm

Fourteen new confirmed cases of measles over the past 24 hours means the number of cases in Alberta has now climbed to a total of 409.

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More than three-quarters of the people diagnosed with the virus are children and three people are in hospital, in intensive care.

“I think it’s actually just crazy — it’s appalling,” said Dr Lenore Saxinger, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Alberta.

“For context, when many current doctors were in training, in the early 2000s, shortly after measles was eliminated as something that circulates in Canada, we would see less than 10 cases a year for many years — and now we’re getting essentially close to 10 or more cases a day.”


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The outbreak of measles in Canada is now also being blamed for a public health alert in the United States in the Seattle area of Washington state..................







Read more: https://globalnews.ca/news/11182264/soaring-number-of-alberta-measles-cases-worries-health-officials-in-both-canada-u-s/



Our Repug lawmakers are not concerned --yet---Maybe they will be if measles start to affect their communities and families. But look at Texas--not concerned enough yet!!




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IronLionZion

(48,919 posts)
1. Of course Alberta, the conservative province in Canada
Fri May 16, 2025, 10:14 AM
May 16

would have plenty in common with Texas and US red states.

Bernardo de La Paz

(55,994 posts)
5. There is a similar scale outbreak in Ontario, but again it is mostly among unvaccinated. . . . nt
Fri May 16, 2025, 12:41 PM
May 16

IronLionZion

(48,919 posts)
6. That's proof of deep state conspiracy
Fri May 16, 2025, 01:36 PM
May 16

since it mostly targets the unvaccinated. Vaccinated people have much milder infections with lower viral loads and are less contagious. Very suspicious.

Fla Dem

(26,728 posts)
2. I wish when there are reports of Measels outbreaks or just reporting the growing # of cases......
Fri May 16, 2025, 10:36 AM
May 16

the report would include the the number of Vaccinated victims vs Unvaccinated.

If the public could see the disparity between vaccinated vs unvaccinated it might encourage many to get the vaccination.

ananda

(31,840 posts)
7. There was a time, even here in Texas, when...
Fri May 16, 2025, 01:39 PM
May 16

children had to show proof of vaccinations before
entering shcool.

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