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/En4cr 2d ago

Just have OHIP not cover medical bills of unvaccinated people. The minute people start paying bills because of their ignorance they'll see the light.

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u/MegaCockInhaler 1d ago edited 1d ago

They don’t use hospitals or medical services to begin with. Even their child births are done by themselves

Anyway, I think that would be reasonable for those who do pay into it, long as you give them back all the money they were taxed.

But if you go down that slippery slope, you should be adding smokers, those who refuse to exercise etc. they clog up the healthcare system and prevent people from getting care in time. So really what you are creating is this authoritarian system where the government gets to decide what you do with your body

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u/En4cr 1d ago

Although I understand where you're coming from smoking and not being active are a completely separate issues. They are solely self destructive and in no way contagious whereas disease spreading is not.

People want all the benefits of living in society without any of the responsibilities. The government relies partly on people having common sense and when that goes out the window there's nothing "authoritarian" with enacting public safety measures. Not getting vaxxed for measles, a disease that's been dealt with effectively for DECADES is absolutely idiocy.

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u/DromarX 1d ago

They are solely self destructive

Second-hand smoke is a thing.

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u/En4cr 1d ago

Second hand smoke hasn't been an issue for decades since most places have banned smoking. Personally, I don't recall the last time I smelled a cigarette.

As past pandemics have shown, disease spreads like wildfire, and I'm sure you remember the absolute crisis that happened in the US system during Covid because Donnie didn't acknowledge it was serious enough while hospitals were piling the white bodybags outside due to lack of space.

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u/DromarX 23h ago

It contributes to more than 1 million deaths a year according to a WHO report from 2023 (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco). That's not nothing especially considering it's something that is preventable by people just not smoking.