As measles threat surges, newly published study finds as many as 2.9 per cent of students in the province have no record of receiving any vaccination
Sarah Wilson, a public-health physician at Public Health Toronto and lead author of the study, said it’s reasonable to assume that most or all of those students haven’t been vaccinated.
Dr. MacDonald said that while the percentages may seem small, they represent tens of thousands of students across the province. On Monday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the United States has had more than 700 measles cases so far this year. Many of the cases are tied to two outbreaks among Orthodox Jewish communities in Brooklyn and Rockland County, N.Y.
Monika Naus, medical director of the communicable diseases and immunization service at the BC Centre for Disease Control, said the recent outbreak of measles in that province was fuelled by misinformation and myths about vaccines, and demonstrates why it’s so important to keep vaccination rates high.
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