{"id":247,"date":"2015-02-11T20:17:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T20:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2015\/02\/11\/laval-on-lookout-for-measles\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:37","slug":"laval-on-lookout-for-measles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/02\/11\/laval-on-lookout-for-measles\/","title":{"rendered":"Laval on lookout for measles"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

With several cases of measles diagnosed in neighbouring Lanaudi\u00e8re region, Laval\u2019s regional health authority (ASSS) last week reminded doctors and other health care professionals to remain vigilant to symptoms of the potentially dangerous disease arising here. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe alerted the health care network to the potential measles risk,\u201d ASSS spokeswoman St\u00e9phanie Daigneault told The Suburban. <\/i>\u201cIf there is an outbreak we will be aware of it and act accordingly.\u201d <\/p>\n

Standard signs of measles\u2014cough, runny nose and pink eye\u2014are often brushed off as cold symptoms and ignored until its telltale red spots start to appear. <\/p>\n

The measles vaccine wiped out the disease in North America after it was introduced in 1963. However, ignorance and credulousness has let the illness creep back from abroad because parents don\u2019t bother to inoculate their children\u2014or have listened to unfounded urban legends that claim the vaccine is harmful. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s voluntary in Quebec,\u201d Daigneault confirmed. \u201cChildren are usually vaccinated twice, six months apart, at 12 and 18 months. Parents have to sign a refusal if they don\u2019t want their kids vaccinated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The vaccine is administered free of charge to adults and children and is available through your family doctor or local CLSC heath centre. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re not sure whether or not you have been vaccinated, you can call the Info Sant\u00e9<\/i> health line by dialling 811 to find out,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n

The standard vaccination also conveys immunity to rubella and mumps\u2014another disease that has seen a recent recrudescence\u2014notably striking several National Hockey League players last year. <\/p>\n

Quebec\u2019s health ministry has actively fought to keep the three diseases at bay for more than a decade. <\/p>\n

From 2001 through 2012, the province waged a major vaccination campaign in primary and secondary schools, inoculating nearly 1 million Quebec youth. <\/p>\n

Quebec\u2019s last big measles outbreak infected nearly 800 people in 2011, reportedly the heaviest toll in North America.
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