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Alberta baby born prematurely dies due to measles, in province's first death (www.cbc.ca)

submitted 2 days ago by Reannlegge@lemmy.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

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"This is a heartbreaking loss, and no words can capture the pain of losing a child. My sincere condolences go to the family during this profoundly difficult time,"

If I could I would kick every antivaxer right in the face because of this.

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[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Baby caught measles from mom, mom likely also wasn't vaccinated, which even if she's young predates Trump and the lowly worm. Babies can't be vaccinated against measles until they're older, they've even started doing it at 6 months but definitely not at birth. So this is a gift from religious conservatives of the sort that have always been in Alberta and not vaccinating. This trend began many years before this, and I would say really started to surge in about 2002-ish.

[-] Reannlegge@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 days ago

I think the whole thing started in 98 with Wakefield and his claim that MMR vaccine caused autism.

If I remember correctly he wasn’t even an antivaxer rather he wanted to sell his schedule.

[-] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Def began there, but early social media like Livejournal and its crunchy moms is what caused it to thrive. And since then weaponized disinformation from Russia has kept it briskly turning.

[-] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Antivaxxers have existed for as long as vaccines have existed, but he and Jenny McCarthy sure popularised the movement.

[-] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

McCarthy recanted, but Robert DeNiro is still antivaxing because he won't admit having kids over 40 is a huge risk to autism, and he's still having children at 80.

[-] RoquetteQueen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

I'm glad she has recanted. Never thought she would.

[-] garbagebagel@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Just a PSA, you can still get measles even if you're vaccinated. It is rare, but it is possible. Lets not jump to conclusions on the mom here. (Though I agree with the rest of your comment)

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[-] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

Fair enough. Probably not a case in this scenario then. Still, something fitting what I described is probably coming soon. Little kid gets sick from an American tourist, ends up dead. I'm almost surprised that I haven't heard of something like that happening before.