A public health specialist said the pertussis outbreak is a real life example of how vaccine-preventable diseases increase when vaccination rates are low.
A whooping cough outbreak in Alberta continues to grow and it comes at a time when UNICEF is warning that public perception of the importance of routine childhood vaccinations has declined by eight per cent in Canada, compared to before the pandemic.
Alberta Health Services said many of these communities have significantly low childhood immunization rates. He said the pertussis outbreak is a real life example of how vaccine-preventable diseases increase when vaccination rates are low. “It means that more children are going to get sick. It’s going to affect their lives as we go ahead,” said David Morley president and CEO of UNICEF Canada. “It’s such a large drop in confidence in a short time and that’s extremely concerning.”
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