2d ago

Measles spread 'like wildfire' among unvaccinated children in northeast B.C., health officer says

www.cbc.ca /news/canada/british-columbia/measles-spread-like-wildfire-in-northeast-b-c-1.7583583

10 hospitalized in B.C., the majority children, as health officials hope spread of virus has peaked

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Because…
Measles is contagious dumbasses. This is why vaccines exist.
Northeast BC… so we’re talking in Peace River country / Alberta Lite? Or west of Fort Nelson?
- Yes. Wonowon specifically.
So I'm right on the border of age that should get supposedly get a booster. Born in 1970. Would it be safe to get one now, just in case, even if I probably was just young enough to get them that year?
All the info I've read says that somehow everyone 1970 and later is fully vaccinated.. but I don't remember. What if I just missed getting the full round as a child?
- So I think in Canada you can get an antibody test to see if you need a booster or not. In the US, insurance won’t pay for the test, but the shot itself is covered. So I just got the booster for free. I’m not much younger than you are.
  
  Thanks, good idea. I will go tomorrow if I can to ask about an antibody test. (Yes I'm in Canada)
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Right... hey Americans, are vaccines free?
- No...and our recently anointed head of the CDC, RFK, has already reduced and restricted who is advised to receive even the flu and COVID annuals.
- From the Public Health Agency website: "Each province and territory decides which vaccines it will provide free of charge to the public."
  So it depends ¯(ツ)/¯
- MMRs are. For the time being anyway.
Wait this is not the US. What's going on up there?
- antivaxxers exist outside the usa, sometimes they reproduce, causing their children to suffer for something they didn't get to choose themselves

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