The Brandon Sun: Southern Health households ignoring measles directives

Bioethicist Arthur Schafer said vaccine hesitancy was “aggravated” by COVID-19 pandemic-related backlash against public health mandates and misinformation lumping all shots together.

“Whatever they think of the COVID vaccine, the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine is proven safe and effective and it really is a moral obligation of parents to protect our children and to protect the community,” said the founding director of the University of Manitoba’s Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics.

The rate of children who have received the MMR vaccine, which has proven to be about 97 per cent effective, is trending downwards in Manitoba.

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