Anti-vax update as Canadian measles surges
Amid measles outbreaks in Canada, vaccine skepticism is growing and becoming increasingly partisan. Timothy Caulfield, professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law and Public Health, explains.
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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