The vaccination rates in some parts of Alberta are less than 30%. Per capita, Alberta has the highest incident rate. The rhetoric around vaccinations, social media, a perhaps complacency towards distant threats have all contributed to this situation.
The challenge is that solving this is easier but only if people are willing to get vaccinated.
There’s, ironically, heavy overlap between the group who insist that we crack down on society’s ‘freeloaders’ and the group that freeloads on those who responsibly vaccinate.
The Hutterites in Alberta, from what I've heard on various talks etc, aren't anti-vaxx in the traditional sense. There is definitely some attitudes like that, but the reason the vaccination rate was so slow was a mix of distrust of healthcare professionals and also difficulty in accessing the vaccine. People would have to travel to a public health clinic which is typically quite far away.
The uptake in vaccine rates among these groups in Alberta has actually gone way up since the outbreak, and since the healthcare organization has made the vaccine more readily available.
The challenge is that solving this is easier but only if people are willing to get vaccinated.