Guess what's back in Canada?
Yep, that's right. The measles.
After eliminating measles in 1998, nearly three decades ago, the extremely contagious virus has weaseled its way back into the homes of Canadians.
This comes after a yearlong outbreak of the disease, starting in October 2024, has yet to be controlled.
From ABC News:
Canada has lost its measles elimination status after struggling to contain a year-long outbreak, the country's public health agency announced on Monday.
The Public Health Agency of Canada said it was informed of the loss by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) after more than 12 months of continuous measles transmission. Canada's outbreak began in late October 2024 with more than 5,100 measles cases recorded, the health agency said.
From eradicated, eliminated, banished, terminated to 5,100 cases and no signs of slowing down.
And no opportunity to return to the eradicated list for a while.
Cases have been confirmed in most of Canada's 10 provinces as well as the northwest territories.
Canada is able to re-establish its measles elimination status if measles transmission related to the current outbreak is "interrupted" for at least 12 months, according to health officials.
Over the summer, the media attempted to put the blame on … a small German community of Mennonites.
I wonder if there are any other larger populations that have arrived in Canada recently?
Likewise, some accounts, like this Indian Canadian doctor, blamed "anti-vaxxers" despite the importation of millions of people from countries with low vaccination rates.
Less trust in vaccines is part of the equation, but migration also plays a key part, despite what the fact checkers say.
From 2015-2020, Canada allowed more than 250,000 immigrants into the country per year, many of them from SE Asia. This number increased to 400,000-500,000 a year since then. As of mid-2025, there are more than 25% of the population is foreign-born.
Studies have found that migrants arriving in Canada are susceptible to the virus due to lack of vaccination or incomplete vaccination (see here, here, and here).
NBC News asks if America is next:
The U.S. is also on the brink of losing its measles elimination status, as an outbreak that began in January continues to spread across the country.
The outbreak started in West Texas and stretched into New Mexico. At least 862 people — mostly in Texas — were infected. Three people died. Two were little girls who lived in the epicenter of the outbreak, Gaines County, Texas.
Huh. Two states with tons of migration along the southern border.
The World Health Organization will likely take away the United States' status as a "measles eradicated" in early 2026 unless we can't get this under control.
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