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riversedge

(79,177 posts)
Fri May 16, 2025, 07:25 AM May 2025

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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Health Soaring number of Alberta measles cases worries health officials in both Canada, U.S. (Original Post) riversedge May 2025 OP
Of course Alberta, the conservative province in Canada IronLionZion May 2025 #1
There is a similar scale outbreak in Ontario, but again it is mostly among unvaccinated. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #5
That's proof of deep state conspiracy IronLionZion May 2025 #6
I wish when there are reports of Measels outbreaks or just reporting the growing # of cases...... Fla Dem May 2025 #2
Based on reporting in Canada it is very much predominant among the unvaccinated. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2025 #4
Canadian trumper-scum disease wolfie001 May 2025 #3
There was a time, even here in Texas, when... ananda May 2025 #7

IronLionZion

(50,728 posts)
1. Of course Alberta, the conservative province in Canada
Fri May 16, 2025, 09:14 AM
May 2025

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

Bernardo de La Paz

(60,320 posts)
5. There is a similar scale outbreak in Ontario, but again it is mostly among unvaccinated. . . . nt
Fri May 16, 2025, 11:41 AM
May 2025

IronLionZion

(50,728 posts)
6. That's proof of deep state conspiracy
Fri May 16, 2025, 12:36 PM
May 2025

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

Fla Dem

(27,403 posts)
2. I wish when there are reports of Measels outbreaks or just reporting the growing # of cases......
Fri May 16, 2025, 09:36 AM
May 2025

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

(34,305 posts)
7. There was a time, even here in Texas, when...
Fri May 16, 2025, 12:39 PM
May 2025

children had to show proof of vaccinations before
entering shcool.

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