grte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 9 months agoCanada almost wiped out syphilis. Now rates are skyrocketing — as more women, infants getting infectedwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down10
arrow-up193arrow-down1external-linkCanada almost wiped out syphilis. Now rates are skyrocketing — as more women, infants getting infectedwww.cbc.cagrte@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 9 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squareHyperreality@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-29 months 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.
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.