Jace May 26

Alberta now has over 600 confirmed cases of measles. The entire United States, with 10× the population has 1050+.

Alberta is more than halfway to the U.S. total and closing fast. This is Danielle Smith’s Alberta, where UCP priorities favour ideology over public health, and their sheer failure to act fuels preventable outbreaks.

FIRE THE UCP. #abpoli #alberta

Show threadJoakim Melin
@jace https://www.thebeaverton.com/2025/05/danielle-smith-demands-referendum-to-separate-measles-from-albertans/
Danielle Smith demands referendum to separate measles from Albertans

EDMONTON – As Alberta suffers its worst measles outbreak since the 1980s, Premier Danielle Smith has called on Albertans to demand a better deal from the airborne disease.  

The Beaverton
May 27 at 11:01amWeb
Show threadGreengordonMay 27

@joacim @jace

About right:

"Fittingly, a small minority of us are going to do our best to decide the entire province’s fate,” said a measles-infected Albertan."

Show thread@ NovaNaturalist🇨🇦🇩🇰🇬🇱🇵🇦🇲🇽🇱🇸🇳🇫🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈 #FBPEMay 27
@joacim @jace "As we all know, medical science has yet to find a way to prevent preventable diseases" 🤣
Show threadJoakim MelinMay 27
@NovaNaturalist @jace Here I am, thinking Canadians were the sensible ones.