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Canada lost its measles elimination status after more than 5,000 cases and falling childhood vaccination rates dropped below the 95% threshold, health officials said.

by Richard M. Carpiano

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Bad news: Pan Amer. Health Org. strips Canada of its measles elimination status after ~3 decades due to its failure to curb a yr-long outbreak. Canada has recorded more than **5000** cases in 9 of its 10 provinces & 1 territory. Note: many US states have lax school reqs, but Canada's are worse. 🛟😷
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM

by Hisham Zerriffi

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Canada has lost its measles-free status.

Ideology wins out over science and we all lose.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
As Canada loses measles-free status, outbreak in northeast B.C. continues | CBC News
Measles cases in B.C. make up almost seven per cent of the total in Canada, with the vast majority of them clustered in the province's northeast, where health officials said the virus spread through a...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM

by Richard Larouche

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Shameful! Gaining it back is not rocket science, but it requires that the government stops undermining #publichealth
Alberta's role in Canada's loss of measles elimination status embarrassing, former chief medical officer says | CBC News
The latest federal data shows Alberta accounts for 38 per cent of Canada’s cases.
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Canada loses measles elimination status after ongoing outbreaks thehill.com/policy/healt...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM

Reposted by Joshua S. Weitz, Smith, Juan Cole , and 2 more

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Canada has just lost measles elimination status. The U.S. will undoubtedly follow shortly.

Elimination means that there is no continuous spreading of measles within the country for a year or longer.

Canada and the U.S. have blown it, and it’s largely the fault of the anti-vaccination movement.
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM

Reposted by Marco Festa‐Bianchet, Alan Richardson

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UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.

This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

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Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:30 PM

by Ryan K. Brook

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Measles outbreaks are indications of stupidity clusters.

Stupid stupid stupid people are the cause of measles in 2025.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Canada loses measles elimination status, with US on track to follow
The country hasn't been able to curb an outbreak of more than 5,000 cases over the last year, while US cases are at a 33-year high.
www.bbc.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM

Reposted by Raffaella Ravinetto

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#Breaking: Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 PM

by Marco Festa‐Bianchet

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Antivaxxers win another one, and Canadians get to be sick some more. People will die.
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 9h
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.

This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year.
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM

by Robert J. Geller

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カナダの麻疹感染率(10万人あたりの感染件数)。アルベルタ州(黄色ドット、40.5)が圧勝❗️州知事は反ワクチン右翼だ。
michaelhendricks.bsky.social Michael Hendricks 🇨🇦 @michaelhendricks.bsky.social · 12h
Measles cases per 100K is also a map of how frequently the premier says "parental rights."
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM

by Amir Attaran

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Called it! Stinking Alberta, indeed.
amirattaran.bsky.social Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · Aug 8
We all know that when WHO updates the list of countries that failed to eliminate measles, Canada's going to be the only rich country on it because of stinking Alberta, right?
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM

Reposted by Jesse M. Shapiro

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As expected, Canada has lost its measles-free status because of the long-running outbreak there. With it goes the #measles elimination status of the entire zone of the Americas, the only division of the #WHO to ever have achieved measles elimination. www.statnews.com/2025/11/10/m...
Canada loses measles elimination status — as does the entire Americas region
Canada has formally lost its measles elimination status, the country’s public health agency announced, triggering the loss of that status throughout all of the Americas.
www.statnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM

by Michael B. Bishku

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mbishku.bsky.social
Canada loses its measles elimination status. Will the U.S. be next? — This is due to the stupidity of individuals who reject inoculations!
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM

by Amir Attaran

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Called it! Fuck you Doug Ford.
amirattaran.bsky.social Amir Attaran @amirattaran.bsky.social · May 7
Mark my words: this time next year, WHO will put Canada on the list of countries that failed to control measles.

Like the poorest in Asia and Africa.

And it will be Doug Ford’s fault.
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM

by Samantha Brennan

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Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says

www.reuters.com/business/hea....
Canada loses measles elimination status after three decades, health agency says
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after nearly three decades due to its failure to curb a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency said on Monday, a loss that also results in the Americas region losing the status.
www.reuters.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM

by Michelle M. Porter

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“In terms of the number of cases, last year was probably the worst influenza season Canada had had in a decade, and it seems like that could occur again this year in terms of severity of disease.”
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM

Reposted by R. M. Wilson

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Canadian COVID Forecast: Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025

SEVERE: AB
VERY HIGH: CAN, MB, NB, NL, North, NS, QC, SK
HIGH: BC, ON, PEI
MODERATE: none

About 1 in 118 people in Canada are CURRENTLY infected.
This image shows gauges with the Nov 8 - Nov 21, 2025 Forecast scores for Canada, the provinces, & territories. From left to right: Canada: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Alberta: SEVERE - 16.2 British Columbia: HIGH - 8.4 Manitoba: VERY HIGH - 11.9 New Brunswick: VERY HIGH - 14.5 Newfoundland & Labrador: VERY HIGH - 10.1 North: VERY HIGH - 11.5 Nova Scotia: VERY HIGH - 12.7 Ontario: HIGH - 9.2 Prince Edward Island: HIGH - 7.7 Quebec: VERY HIGH - 10.1 Saskatchewan: VERY HIGH - 13.1 A text box reads: "The COVID Forecast is calculated from 3 equally weighted categories: 1) Current infections and spread; 2) Healthcare system impact; 3) Mortality. Within each category there is one sub-category for trends over the most recent week (Trends) and one sub-category for current parameter values relative to a specified baseline (Current values). Trends and current values are weighted equally when determining the final score for a category. All Forecast input data and sources are available here (https://datastudio.google.com/embed/u/0/reporting/42b886cf-d661-488e-b7d8-5c5836b55ab6/page/p_2yqs028mwc). Past Forecast scores are available in the table below. Forecast scores are grouped into 4 ranges: MODERATE (1 to <5, white), HIGH (6 to <10, yellow), VERY HIGH (10 to <15, orange), SEVERE (>15 red)."
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM

by Alan Richardson

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It makes me so angry to live at such a stupid time of the world
luckytran.com Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 9h
UPDATE: Canada has announced that it has lost its measles elimination status.

This is a direct result of the increase in anti-vax disinformation, which has caused large, sustained outbreaks in the country over the last year.
Canada is currently experiencing a large, multi-jurisdictional outbreak of measles that began in October 2024 with cases in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, and the Northwest Territories. While transmission has slowed recently, the outbreak has persisted for over 12 months, primarily within under-vaccinated communities. The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has notified the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) that Canada no longer holds measles elimination status. PAHO's Measles and Rubella Elimination Regional Monitoring and Re-Verification Commission reviewed recent epidemiological and laboratory data, confirming sustained transmission of the same measles virus strain in Canada for a period of more than one year.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM

by Michelle M. Porter

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"While this year’s shot may not be perfectly matched to the newer form of H3N2 that could dominate in the months ahead, all three medical experts stressed it’s always worth getting, particularly for Canadian seniors."

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada could face ‘worst kind’ of flu season as experts warn evolving strain may be mismatch for vaccine | CBC News
With flu cases now rising in Canada, medical experts are bracing for a difficult influenza season linked to the global spread of an evolving H3N2 strain that could be a mismatch for this year’s vaccin...
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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