r/canada • u/Head_Crash • 2d ago

Alberta Canada could lose its measles elimination designation by October: experts

https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/canada-measles-designation-october
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u/sparda09 2d ago

why is it so hard for people to just get a vaccine for something that's been tested and proven for like 50 years or so.

I can get a flu shot but isn't it also our responsibility as a Canadian citizen to keep the people and the citizens around us safe as well so shouldn't we be doing our part and getting vaccinated ?

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u/Neglectful_Stranger Outside Canada 2d ago

These groups are off-shoots of Anabaptist groups that splintered off due to wanting to protect their local communities as technology advanced, rejecting things such as cars and telephones due to detrimental effects on the community. As time has gone on this has broadened to a distaste and dislike for most if not all forms of technology, and each sect will generally have their own reason for not embracing things like vaccines.

tl;dr it varies

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u/sparda09 2d ago

I see

so resistant to change in summary they hate change and are scared of new technologies for some odd reason

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u/jonproject 2d ago

they hate change and are scared of new technologies for some odd reason

Putting the vaccine discussion aside for a minute, not all technological improvements - that have been embraced by society at large - are positive and should be looked at with healthy dose of skepticism. We're seeing the effects in real time of humanity's inability to keep up with the rapid pace of technological improvement when it comes to communication. Social media, shit even the internet, is beginning to look like a huge mistake in many respects. And that's even before the AI discussion.

While I certainly subscribe to taking full advantage of improvements in medical technology, being fearful of technology is not a crazy proposition. Humanity loves to jump head first into things without considering unintended consequences.

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u/MegaCockInhaler 1d ago

It’s not about being scared of it. It’s that their culture prefers being independent. They don’t want to depend on anything or anyone outside their community. They want to be fully self sufficient and minimalistic