{"id":30533,"date":"2025-04-18T11:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T15:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/?p=30533"},"modified":"2025-06-11T13:36:57","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T17:36:57","slug":"confusing-messaging-behind-measles-outbreaks-declining-vaccination-rates-says-ontario-health-coalition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ontariohealthcoalition.ca\/index.php\/confusing-messaging-behind-measles-outbreaks-declining-vaccination-rates-says-ontario-health-coalition\/","title":{"rendered":"Confusing messaging behind measles outbreaks, declining vaccination rates, says Ontario Health Coalition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(April 17, 2025)<\/p>\n<p>By: Grant Deme, Renfrew Today<\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Ontario Health Coalition is calling on Public Health leaders to give clear and urgent preventative advice around measles as the outbreak continues.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Executive Director Natalie Mehra feels they\u2019re to blame for the declining vaccination rates.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The vast majority of the more than 800 confirmed cases involve unvaccinated children and adults.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There were 155 additional confirmed cases from April 3rd to April 10th. 92.5% of cases in children and teens were unvaccinated, while 62% of the confirmed adult cases unimmunized.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mehra said there\u2019s also been confusion around measles vaccination status around the older population.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cPeople are confused as to what they should do. Public Health needs to make clear and highly visible the fact that the virus is airborne and easily transmitted. There are far too many people who are not immunized and the language being used regarding people born before or after 1970 is confusing and unclear for regular people.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She contends there needs to be better education and messaging from the province about the virus itself.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Mehra says a lot of people don\u2019t take measles seriously.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Overall vaccination rates in Ontario have declined since 2017, with\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthontario.ca\/en\/Data-and-Analysis\/Infectious-Disease\/Immunization-Tool\">data showing<\/a><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0the vaccination rates for routine infant and childhood immunizations in the 2023-24 school year hovered at or below 70% for various diseases, including measles.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.renfrewtoday.ca\/2025\/04\/17\/confusing-messaging-behind-measles-outbreaks-declining-vaccination-rates-says-ontario-health-coalition\/\">Click here for the original article<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(April 17, 2025) By: Grant Deme, Renfrew Today The Ontario Health Coalition is calling on Public Health leaders to give clear and urgent preventative advice around measles as the outbreak continues.\u00a0 Executive Director Natalie Mehra feels they\u2019re to blame for the declining vaccination rates.\u00a0 The vast majority of the more than 800 confirmed cases involve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ohc-in-the-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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