Canada fought measles and measles won; virus now endemic after 1998 elimination

Canada's loss also represents a loss of regional elimination for the Americas.

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[Unclebugs]

The entire anti-vaccination movement is another reaction to the scientific revolution of the last two centuries. The revival movements in this country throughout its history have always been a reaction to enlightenment. WWII and the A-bomb resulted in the Red Scare. Landing on the moon resulted in the Christian Conservative Alliance with the post-Nixon battered GOP. The upshot of that and the Roe vs. Wade decision resulted in the withdrawal from manned space exploration, and the killing of the Super Conducting Super Collider. The internet generation happened as the decline in religious affiliation accelerated, but it has recently leveled off. The current anti-vaccination movement along with all the post-Truth propaganda flying about, is a reaction to all of the factual information out there. The only way to counter all that data is to discredit it, and the conspiracy generators have been working overtime for decades on that so the lazy and weak-minded will vote against their own best interests. Sadly, it will probably take thousands of dead children before the irrational behavior is reversed.