New York County bars unvaccinated kids from public places

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It stops you from getting the disease. But...

Not everyone can get vaccinated. People with transplants. People undergoing cancer treatments. People with HIV. Fetuses younger than 3 months.

So being vaccinated is important for your health, but also for the larger community.


Flu vaccine does not work as well as vaccines for DPT and poxes, etc. The flu virus changes quickly and frequently, making formulating vaccines more difficult. That is why you can get the flu, even if you had the injection. Vaccination does lower the incidence, frequency and intensity of flu infections.

A judge has ruled on behalf of several dozen parents who challenged Rockland County's emergency order banning children from public places unless they've been vaccinated against measles.

A state Supreme Court judge made the ruling Friday on the legality of Rockland County Executive Ed Day's order, which is part of efforts to stop a measles outbreak that has infected more than 160 people since October.

The lawsuit was filed by civil rights lawyer Michael Sussman on behalf of parents of unvaccinated students at Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge. Sussman called Day's action "arbitrary and capricious."

The judge granted a temporary injunction, which for the time being, will end the state of emergency. This means unvaccinated children will once again be allowed to go to school and out in public.

The judge said such emergency orders cannot exceed five days. He also noted that 166 measles cases in a population of 330,000 people over six months doesn't constitute an "epidemic" meriting an emergency declaration.

New York City on Tuesday declared a public health emergency amid a measles outbreak in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said that the city would require unvaccinated individuals living in select zip codes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to receive the measles vaccine in response to one of the largest measles outbreaks in decades.

“This is the epicenter of a measles outbreak that is very, very troubling and must be dealt with immediately,” the mayor said at a news conference in Williamsburg, where he was joined by health officials.

The mayor said that the city would issue violations and possibly fines for those who did not comply.

The announcement comes a day after the city health department ordered yeshivas in Brooklyn to exclude from classes all students who are not vaccinated against measles or face violations and possible closure.

The outbreak started when an unvaccinated child acquired measles on a visit to Israel, where a large outbreak of the disease is occurring, according to the city health department’s website.

"Since then, there have been additional people from Brooklyn and Queens who were unvaccinated and acquired measles while in Israel," the health department said.

More liberal hypocrisy. You worship science when it comes to climate change, but you completely disavow it regarding this(not to mention abortion). This is also a black eye for religion since these kids' parents are Orthodox Jews and other assorted religious nuts...

This "You" whom you keep attacking is is both a liberal and a conservative.

Like I've said, I'd always make sure I was vaccinated myself, which is my defense against those who aren't. Everybody's happy.

... If the 95% or so of people that got vaccinated can still be infected by the 5% that didn't, then what good is the vaccine?

New York City followed through on its threat to fine people who refused to get measles vaccines on Thursday.

The city's health department issued civil summons to three people a week after issuing an emergency order requiring anyone 6 months or older who lived in four specific zip codes -- all in Brooklyn -- to get the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine within 48 hours. Each person will be on the hook for a $1,000 fine.

In addition to the three people fined for being unvaccinated, the city also closed four additional schools for failure to provide vaccination and attendance records, the city said.

The health department had ordered United Talmudical Academy, a yeshiva preschool, closed on Tuesday, but it has now been allowed to reopen.

As of Thursday, there had been 359 measles cases in Queens and Brooklyn since the beginning of the outbreak last October, including 74 since the emergency order was issued on April 9.

"The initial child with measles was unvaccinated and acquired measles on a visit to Israel, where a large outbreak of the disease is occurring," according to the health department. "Since then, there have been additional people from Brooklyn and Queens who were unvaccinated and acquired measles while in Israel."