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Front Burner
with Jayme Poisson
Anti-vax update as Canadian measles surges
25 mins
Nov. 25, 2024

Routine childhood vaccinations have been on the decline in recent years, with the anti-vax movement rising during the Covid-19 pandemic.



But the conversation has shifted.



What was once affiliated with left-leaning counterculture has now become increasingly right-wing, with male health influencers leading much of the conversation. 


How did the shift happen, and what implications could it have on public health? 


Timothy Caulfield is a professor at the University of Alberta, with the Faculty of Law and Public Health. He’ll go through how and why the anti-vax movement changed.


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