As more and more measles cases crop up across Canada and the US., and online petition to make vaccinations mandatory at public school -- is gaining momentum.
As of 1pm Monday, the petition on Change.org surpassed 27-thousand signatures.
Katie Clunn, a Maple Ridge, BC mother of two, who is 26 weeks pregnant with her third child, created the movement.
"At what point is a child's right to attend public school, greater than another child's right to safety?" Clunn said.
There are now 9 confirmed cases of the disease in Vancouver -- all reported at one school.
Measles can be contracted by simply spending a few minutes in the same room as an infected person.
While speaking live on CFAX-1070, Clunn drew an analogy for listeners:
"You can drink and drive if you want to. But we have laws against it to protect those you're going to hit. Not because of the person drinking and driving. I think it's a similar situation. You can't see "vaccine-free" people coming at you, and we need to protect ourselves from them."
Earlier Monday, callers to CFAX-1070 shared their thoughts and raised questions on whether a measles vaccination should be mandatory.
"What about unsuspecting mothers-to-be who are in their first trimester, and come in contact with a unvaccinated person?"
"What do you do about kids who aren't vaccinated? Those kids are still going to be out in public."
Monday's CFAX-1070 news poll allows listeners to vote on the issue.
Measles across Borders
The CDC in US says 10 states now have confirmed measles cases: Washington State has 51 cases, and recently declared a state of emergency over the outbreak.
The Philippine health secretary says 136 people, mostly children between the ages of one and 4, have died of measles, and 8400 others have fallen ill in a recent outbreak, blamed partly on vaccination fears.
The World Health Organization reports Europe had a record number of measles cases in 2018, in part due to a growing number of parents who are refusing to vaccinate their children.