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Vancouver physicians note a slight increase in the number of unvaccinated adolescents and young adults wishing to be vaccinated against measles as a result of an outbreak of the disease in two schools in the city.
Dr. Eric Cadesky, a family physician and president of Doctors of British Columbia, recently saw a number of young patients who had made an appointment to receive the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine because of concerns raised by the epidemic.
"Some of them said their parents were opposed to vaccination because of unreliable sources of information they received," Cadesky said. "Others had been hesitant (to be vaccinated) because of pressure from peer groups."
Cadesky said all the doctors in his office had noticed an increase in the number of young people seeking immunization, and he heard similar stories from several other doctors elsewhere in the province and elsewhere.
"I've heard of people across Canada and even doctors around the world who said the millennium was using these epidemics to reverse the decision their parents made for them," he said.
"And many take a different decision, which is to protect themselves and in many cases it means protecting the people around them, because not everyone can get the vaccine."
Among the patients vaccinated with Cadesky is Maddi Bisset, who was not vaccinated because her mother thought her young children should not be "pumped with chemicals".
"She preferred more" natural "alternatives, including homeopathy and essential oils," said the 23-year-old woman in an email interview Wednesday.
"Everything my mother did was in our interest. I simply believe that she trusted too much the fake articles that she found online and that she did not consider the dire consequences of not vaccinating your child on her health, that of the public and the life-threatening situations in which it puts people at risk.
"With the terrible increase in measles in Vancouver, it was no longer a choice, it was a moral obligation for public safety," Bisset said of his decision to be vaccinated.
So far, nine measles cases have been confirmed in the two French language schools in Vancouver, a cluster that started after an unvaccinated vaccination campaign. the child contracted the disease during a family trip to Vietnam, where the highly contagious disease is endemic.
Sheryl Ubelacker, Canadian Press
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