Kids paying for anti-vaxxers

I've been lucky and always had a very strong immune system.

I'll get a cold maybe every few years. I simply wasn't going to get Covid either. I just didn't want the vaccine. I wasn't hardcore (about it). I didn't protest, telling other people what to do.

I wasn't working and was not really that social indoors.

I’m thankful my mum had me get the measles (vaccine) when I was young and, by choice and after research, I just recently had the shingles (vaccine).

I'm heartbroken for these children that are suffering with measles right now.

I felt that after the general population were “forced” to take the Covid vaccine, it instilled a disdain and a fear for all vaccines. I Google it and the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine has been proven and has been around since the 1970s. The Covid vaccine was so new and there were thoughts it wasn't tested significantly enough. That, in itself, caused serious problems.

Is it a coincidence that measles vaccinations are down right now? It is the the lowest percentage (of vaccination) in 50 years.

Is it a conspiracy? In my opinion, I think not. The suffering of children (with measles) is real. They are paying for the anti-vaccination narrative.

Fiona Coupland Penticton