A young child in Ontario has died of measles

[BootinUp]

A young child has died of measles in Ontario, the first measles death in the province in more than a decade, Public Health Ontario reports.

The child was under the age of five and was not vaccinated against the highly infectious virus, the agency’s most recent surveillance report shows.

So far this year, five children aged nine and under in Ontario have been hospitalized with a measles infection, all of whom were unimmunized. One of these five children has recently died of the infection, the report shows.

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“One dose of measles vaccine at 12 months of age or older provides more than 90 per cent protection against infection and two doses provides very close to 100 per cent protection against infection throughout childhood,” said Morris.

Full article https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/a-young-child-in-ontario-has-died-of-measles/article_3f5e6e14-13d1-11ef-bef6-2b5f14b1ee24.html

[Skittles]

1. disgusting

WTF is wrong with these anti-vax parents

[BootinUp]

3. They hang around with the wrong sort

would be my guess.

[3Hotdogs]

7. Jesus may have somethin' to do with it.

[Liberty Belle]

2. Stupid parents. This is child abuse as far as I'm concerned.

If I were in charge, I would mandate measles vaccines and announce that the parents of any future child who dies will be prosecuted for wrongful deaths. That should encourage the anti-vax idiots to get their children vaccinated.

[Irish_Dem]

4. This was an entirely preventable death.

This should be child abuse and endangerment.

[3catwoman3]

5. A big FU to Andrew Wakefield.

[RockRaven]

6. Fuck you, antivaxxers!

Every last one of you!