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Originally Posted by Codes
I think the Public Health Agency of Canada needs to actively promote vaccination in a very public way (TV commercials, radio ads, YouTube ads) in order to reach the masses. Google should automatically load an ad when someone surfs to an anti-vaccine site or watches an anti-vaccine video. That might be over-bearing, but people need to know that there is a lot of misinformation that is aggressively promoted.
The biggest problem is teaching people what is reputable source of information versus junk science. It may seem obvious to some, but not to everyone.
I think this, and other societal issues/trends reflect the need to modify what is learned in the public education system from a young age in order to improve public health for future generations.
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They would love to do all you say, but then no one in Health Promotion at PHAC would be able to cut themselves a salary. Public Health, and especially Health Promotion has a very small piece of the pie in healthcare spending in this country.