Regarding the measles outbreak in Chilliwack
Further to the ongoing saga of the measles outbreak in Chilliwack, I find it interesting that as of this week the World Health Organization has declared India polio free. It seems odd to me that a nation of 1.2 billion people, crippled by poor sanitation and poverty, is able to eradicate a life threatening disease when a healthy, relatively affluent community such as Chilliwack faces yet another outbreak of a completely preventable illness. There is simply no acceptable rationale for this latest threat to public health in our city.
Jennifer Douglas
