Alberta's measles outbreaks surpass case counts reported for entire U.S.
Alberta has now confirmed more measles cases than the entire United States has reported this year.
The province has been battling outbreaks since March and as of noon Monday, total case counts in the province had ballooned to 1,314.
The latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that country has amassed 1,288 cases this year.
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"I think if we had gotten to it sooner — and taken it more seriously sooner — then maybe we would not have reached this milestone where one province actually exceeds the entire case count for the United States, which has got 10 times the population as Canada."
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"We know that per capita we have more measles cases in Alberta than really anywhere else in North America," said Craig Jenne, a professor in the department of microbiology, immunology and infectious diseases at the University of Calgary.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-s-measles-outbreaks-surpass-case-counts-reported-for-entire-u-s-1.7584490
Our Premier and her cabinet members were, for the most part, rabid anti-vaxxers so these numbers should be no surprise to anyone who lived here during Covid when support for vaccinations was hard to find from the UCP government.
Covid vaccinations will no longer be free except for "very specific, high risk groups" so we can expect a greater spread with this virus as well.
Article about this:
"Alberta government faces mounting pushback to new COVID-19 vaccine policy
The province announced late on Friday that it will limit funding of the COVID-19 shots to very specific high risk groups, including Albertans living in care homes and group settings, those receiving home care, people on social programs such as AISH, and immunocompromised individuals.
Seniors living in the community, pregnant Albertans and health-care workers will have to pay out of pocket for the vaccine, along with the rest of the population.
The province announced late on Friday that it will limit funding of the COVID-19 shots to very specific high risk groups, including Albertans living in care homes and group settings, those receiving home care, people on social programs such as AISH, and immunocompromised individuals.
Seniors living in the community, pregnant Albertans and health-care workers will have to pay out of pocket for the vaccine, along with the rest of the population."
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-vaccine-policy-pushback-1.7563698
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