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Podcast: Closer Look
Episode: Why Canada got publicly shamed for having so many measles cases
Description: It’s definitely not something to be proud of.This week, Canada was officially stripped of its “measles elimination status” by the Pan American Health Organization — marking the first time in 27 years that our country was deemed not to be free of the highly contagious disease.Public health experts were hardly surprised by the announcement. For more than a year now, an outbreak of the virus has spread to several provinces, including Ontario, leading to more than 5,000 confirmed cases.What led to such a huge spike? Vaccine hesitancy certainly played a huge r...