BC’s measles vax rate lower than Gaines County, Texas

Posted by Times Chronicle | Mar 22, 2025 | Featured, News | 0 Measles is one of the most infectious diseases on earth with the medical community sounding alarm bells over BC’s low vaccination rate including the Okanagan which is lower than the provincial average.BC CDC Childhood Immunization Coverage Dashboard graphicBy Michelle Gamage, Local Journalism Initiative ReporterIn Gaines County, Texas, where a measles outbreak has killed one six-year-old and one adult, the measles vaccination rate among kindergarteners is just 82 per cent, according to reporting by The Atlantic.That’s a higher measles vaccination rate than children have here in B.C.Just under 82 per cent of two-year-olds have gotten one dose of the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine, and around 72 per cent of seven-year-olds have gotten both doses, according to the B.C. Childhood Immunization Coverage Dashboard’s 2023 data, which is the most recent data year available.One dose of the vaccine offers between 85 and 95...