After all the media hoopla about US measles in 2025, it turns out Canada had over 3 times as many cases as the US with only 1/8th the population: 25 x higher incidence. Europe also had more cases pp
After all the media hoopla about US measles in 2025, it turns out Canada had over 3 times as many cases as the US with only 1/8th the population: 25 x higher incidence. Europe also had more cases pp
Canada experienced over 5,000 measles cases this year and never completely wiped it out
Why have we heard so little about Canadian cases? One of Canada’s problems was too-early vaccination, before age 1, when the efficacy was reduced and short-lasting.
Some think a case of measles yields protection against other problems, possibly by training the immune system. Measles was miserable for me at age 7 or 8 but I never had to worry about getting it again.
30 European countries reported over 10,000 cases of measles for the last fiscal year—also a higher rate than the US.
https://measles-rubella-monthly.ecdc.europa.eu
