NYC Mayor Declares Measles Emergency Orders Vaccinations Good!

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Tue, 2019-04-09 15:42

NorthReport

New York City declares a public health emergency amid Brooklyn measles outbreak

New York City has declared the measles outbreak affecting the Orthodox Jewish community in Williamsburg to be a public health emergency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday.

Unvaccinated people living in select ZIP codes will be required to receive the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, known as MMR, to curtail the outbreak and protect others, he said.

78 new measles cases reported nationwide since last week, CDC says

Under the mandatory vaccinations, members of the city's Department of Health and Mental Hygiene will check the vaccination records of any individual who may have been in contact with infected patients. Those who have not received the MMR vaccine or do not have evidence of immunity may be given a violation and could be fined $1,000.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/09/health/measles-new-york-emergency-bn/index.html

Wed, 2019-04-10 07:37

lagatta4

The ULTRA Orthodox Jewish community, or Haredi. Mainstream Orthodox Jews are usually scrupulous about science and health.

Wed, 2019-04-10 08:55

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Unionist

lagatta4 wrote:

The ULTRA Orthodox Jewish community, or Haredi. Mainstream Orthodox Jews are usually scrupulous about science and health.

Lagatta: If you're suggesting that there's any religious difference between Haredi and "mainstream orthodox" when it comes to vaccination - you're mistaken. Vaccination is "allowed", and practised, by all denominations and sects of Judaism that I've ever hear of.

The problem in Williamsburg appears to be anti-vaxxer fake news spreading in some small isolated communities. It has nothing to do with religion.

Wed, 2019-04-10 09:02

Unionist

Here is a more nuanced and researched article about how the anti-vaxxer message seems to be spreading in some Hasidic communities (and elsewhere):

Handbooks distributed in some Jewish communities in New York, as well as messages on hotlines, contradict the scientific consensus that vaccines are safe and highly effective.

Thu, 2019-04-11 09:21

lagatta4

Unionist, no of course I don't think there is any doctrinal difference there - they are both following the Torah. You know far better than I do about the rulings of later authorities.

I was referring more to the practices of inward-turning sects, which can be found in a wide range of religions and certainly in the three major Abrahamic monotheisms.