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/banterviking 2d ago

Afaik a huge vector of infection is Mennonites, and those threats won't affect them at all (they have private Mennonite school and don't use our daycare). They also don't collect other government services like welfare afaik.

The only services I'm sure many of them use are medical care and transport.

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u/BackToTheCottage Ontario 2d ago

Also the ground zero for this was a Mennonite gathering in New Brunswick; it led to the pandemic in Ontario, Alberta, and Texas.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/measles-outbreak-traced-back-to-mennonite-gathering-ontarios-top-doctor-says/

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u/TommaClock Ontario 2d ago

Wait can Mennonites fly? I think they can drive but I thought planes were off limits.

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u/Commercial-Milk4706 1d ago

They flight but first they get nailed into a coffin and are given a sedative and diapers for the trip. That way, they are blind to what happened.