A York Region woman who has 15-day old baby has been caught in a measles quarantine says she is mad at hell at unvaccinated people who have caused her a week from hell. “I blame you,” are among accusatory statements of Jennifer Hibben-White whose son Griffen is too young to be vaccinated. Baby Griffin was in a York Region doctor’s office with his mother and was potentially exposed to measles. That’s because a man who had been exposed to measles had been in the office shortly before them. Now Hibben-White, her son and three year old daughter are all in quarantine until February 17, 2015. Griffin is too young for vaccination and the daughter is not yet old enough for her booster. Ms. Hibben-White has written on her Facebook page, unburdening frustration, anger and fear over the situation. Elsewhere, there have been no new cases of measles reported in Toronto although York Region has identified a case in a young man who it says had already been vaccinated according to CTV. There are ten reported cases in Quebec, most of them related to the Disneyland outbreak. At City Hall Christin Carmichael-Greb (Ward 16) introduced a motion that asks the city’s Medical Officer of Health to draft a report on the “potential enhancements to existing public health programs to ensure children in day nurseries are adequately immunized.” It surprised some that Toronto Public Health doesn’t offer a day care immunization program, something apparently required by Ontario Public Health Standards. School- aged children are also required to be vaccinated. Parents are able to request an exemption from vaccinating their children on medical, philosophical or religious reasons. Photos: Jennifer Hibben-White, GriffinMeasles alert: Mom “angry as hell” at anti-vaxers
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A York Region woman who has 15-day old baby has been caught in a measles quarantine says she is mad at hell at unvaccinated people who have caused her a week from hell. “I blame you,” are among accusatory statements of Jennifer Hibben-White whose son Griffen is too young to be vaccinated. Baby Griffin was in a York Region doctor’s office with his mother and was potentially exposed to measles. That’s because a man who had been exposed to measles had been in the office shortly before them. Now Hibben-White, her son and three year old daughter are all in quarantine until February 17, 2015. Griffin is too young for vaccination and the daughter is not yet old enough for her booster. Ms. Hibben-White has written on her Facebook page, unburdening frustration, anger and fear over the situation. Elsewhere, there have been no new cases of measles reported in Toronto although York Region has identified a case in a young man who it says had already been vaccinated according to CTV. There are ten reported cases in Quebec, most of them related to the Disneyland outbreak. At City Hall Christin Carmichael-Greb (Ward 16) introduced a motion that asks the city’s Medical Officer of Health to draft a report on the “potential enhancements to existing public health programs to ensure children in day nurseries are adequately immunized.” It surprised some that Toronto Public Health doesn’t offer a day care immunization program, something apparently required by Ontario Public Health Standards. School- aged children are also required to be vaccinated. Parents are able to request an exemption from vaccinating their children on medical, philosophical or religious reasons. Photos: Jennifer Hibben-White, Griffin