grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agoCanada almost wiped out syphilis. Now rates are skyrocketing — as more women, infants getting infectedwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down10
arrow-up1100arrow-down1external-linkCanada almost wiped out syphilis. Now rates are skyrocketing — as more women, infants getting infectedwww.cbc.cagrte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 1 year agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squarejadero@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up26·1 year agoWell, since there is no syphilis vaccine, nobody is vaccinated.
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-21 year agoCanada has mandatory screening (and treatment) of migrants. AFAIK the US doesn’t but 96% choose to be screened anyway. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/department/partner/pp/pdf/imei_syphilis.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/ss/ss7102a1.htm This isn’t a migrant issue. It’s a homegrown issue. (And if you want to blame foreigners, US citizens seem like a more likely culprit given skyrocketing US rates of infection and poor health care availiability/affordability) Also, there is no vaccine against syphilis.
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Well, since there is no syphilis vaccine, nobody is vaccinated.
Kaboom.
Canada has mandatory screening (and treatment) of migrants. AFAIK the US doesn’t but 96% choose to be screened anyway.
https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/ircc/migration/ircc/english/department/partner/pp/pdf/imei_syphilis.pdf
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/ss/ss7102a1.htm
This isn’t a migrant issue. It’s a homegrown issue. (And if you want to blame foreigners, US citizens seem like a more likely culprit given skyrocketing US rates of infection and poor health care availiability/affordability)
Also, there is no vaccine against syphilis.