This week on the podcast: As measles cases soar, public health units across Ontario are using the threat of suspensions to coerce parents to update their children's immunization records. Yes, it's legal
Welcome back to Inside the Village, a one-of-a-kind podcast where all news is local — and no topic is off-limits.For months now, public health units across Ontario have been warning parents and guardians that if their children's vaccination records aren't up to date, they could be suspended. Those warnings became reality in recent days, as hundreds of kids in different parts of the province were slapped with suspension orders.
The push also comes amid a worrying surge in measles cases in Canada, fuelled by the fact that more and more kids simply aren't getting vaccinated. The number of confirmed cases in the country has now reached 40, more than three times the amount recorded all of last year.
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