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Measles Is Coming Back. We’re Not Prepared (thetyee.ca)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Canada is below the required immunity threshold to sustain elimination. How did we get here?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Alas... Medicine has yet to advance from leeches.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago

Have them skip the leeches, go straight to being a blood donor.

Similar health benefit, but also help others. Last I checked, the Red Cross has declared an emergency from blood shortages, caused by fewer donors than ever.

Just tell people it will reduce the microplastics in their bloodstream.