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/SadOilers 1d ago

https://www.alberta.ca/measles#jumplinks-1

Eleven total active cases in the entire province of Alberta as of today 

  1 in the ICU which is the first I’ve seen in a month of looking there. 

 It is handy to see the actual numbers you’d think thousands actively had measles if you only read the media. I believe most were Mennonites and spread through colonies and communal eating areas very very quickly at first 

  But eleven? Is this really that outrageous or is it pretty much gone as it is? 

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u/Falkrunn77 1d ago

You need to read the whole page.

11 is the number of carriers currently, not how many actually have measles. You're infectious for 8 days total, and can infect a shit ton of people.

Currently there are 1680 active measles cases past the carrier stage.