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Emergency Declared in Rockland County, NY over Measles: Unvaccinated Barred from Public Spaces

posted by chromas on Wednesday March 27 2019, @12:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the vax-papers-please dept.

martyb writes:

Emergency Declared in NY over Measles: Unvaccinated Barred from Public Spaces:

Plagued by a tenacious outbreak of measles that began last October, New York's Rockland County declared a state of emergency Tuesday and issued a directive barring unvaccinated children from all public spaces.

Effective at midnight Wednesday, March 27, anyone aged 18 or younger who has not been vaccinated against the measles is prohibited from public spaces in Rockland for 30 days or until they get vaccinated. Public spaces are defined broadly in the directive as any places:

[W]here more than 10 persons are intended to congregate for purposes such as civic, governmental, social, or religious functions, or for recreation or shopping, or for food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation, or for daycare or educational purposes, or for medical treatment. A place of public assembly shall also include public transportation vehicles, including but not limited to, publicly or privately owned buses or trains...

The directive follows an order from the county last December that barred unvaccinated children from schools that did not reach a minimum of 95 percent vaccination rate. That order—and the directive issued today—are intended to thwart the long-standing outbreak, which has sickened 153 people, mostly children.

What were they waiting for? A pox on them all?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:59PM (6 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @01:59PM (#820633)

    How did they even get these numbers? If there are 153 cases 82.1% would be 125.613 children.

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  • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 27 2019, @08:57PM (5 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @08:57PM (#820944) Homepage Journal

    It's not 153 Cases like Beth says. It's 155. SPREADING LIKE WILDFIRE!!!!!!!!

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @09:51PM (4 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @09:51PM (#820978)

      Here are the results for +/- 50 cases:

      > n = 100:200
      > cbind(n, .821*n)
               n
        [1,] 100  82.100
        [2,] 101  82.921
        [3,] 102  83.742
        [4,] 103  84.563
        [5,] 104  85.384
        [6,] 105  86.205
        [7,] 106  87.026
        [8,] 107  87.847
        [9,] 108  88.668
        [10,] 109  89.489
        [11,] 110  90.310
        [12,] 111  91.131
        [13,] 112  91.952
        [14,] 113  92.773
        [15,] 114  93.594
        [16,] 115  94.415
        [17,] 116  95.236
        [18,] 117  96.057
        [19,] 118  96.878
        [20,] 119  97.699
        [21,] 120  98.520
        [22,] 121  99.341
        [23,] 122 100.162
        [24,] 123 100.983
        [25,] 124 101.804
        [26,] 125 102.625
        [27,] 126 103.446
        [28,] 127 104.267
        [29,] 128 105.088
        [30,] 129 105.909
        [31,] 130 106.730
        [32,] 131 107.551
        [33,] 132 108.372
        [34,] 133 109.193
        [35,] 134 110.014
        [36,] 135 110.835
        [37,] 136 111.656
        [38,] 137 112.477
        [39,] 138 113.298
        [40,] 139 114.119
        [41,] 140 114.940
        [42,] 141 115.761
        [43,] 142 116.582
        [44,] 143 117.403
        [45,] 144 118.224
        [46,] 145 119.045
        [47,] 146 119.866
        [48,] 147 120.687
        [49,] 148 121.508
        [50,] 149 122.329
        [51,] 150 123.150
        [52,] 151 123.971
        [53,] 152 124.792
        [54,] 153 125.613
        [55,] 154 126.434
        [56,] 155 127.255
        [57,] 156 128.076
        [58,] 157 128.897
        [59,] 158 129.718
        [60,] 159 130.539
        [61,] 160 131.360
        [62,] 161 132.181
        [63,] 162 133.002
        [64,] 163 133.823
        [65,] 164 134.644
        [66,] 165 135.465
        [67,] 166 136.286
        [68,] 167 137.107
        [69,] 168 137.928
        [70,] 169 138.749
        [71,] 170 139.570
        [72,] 171 140.391
        [73,] 172 141.212
        [74,] 173 142.033
        [75,] 174 142.854
        [76,] 175 143.675
        [77,] 176 144.496
        [78,] 177 145.317
        [79,] 178 146.138
        [80,] 179 146.959
        [81,] 180 147.780
        [82,] 181 148.601
        [83,] 182 149.422
        [84,] 183 150.243
        [85,] 184 151.064
        [86,] 185 151.885
        [87,] 186 152.706
        [88,] 187 153.527
        [89,] 188 154.348
        [90,] 189 155.169
        [91,] 190 155.990
        [92,] 191 156.811
        [93,] 192 157.632
        [94,] 193 158.453
        [95,] 194 159.274
        [96,] 195 160.095
        [97,] 196 160.916
        [98,] 197 161.737
        [99,] 198 162.558
      [100,] 199 163.379
      [101,] 200 164.200

      • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:13PM (3 children)

        by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:13PM (#820995) Homepage Journal

        Beautiful spreadsheet, great job but they're not saying 82.1% right now. They're saying 82.6% and they're saying 155 cases. That's the latest from the D.O.H., the Department of Health. Not from Beth Mole. And I think that one works out O.K. Unlike what Beth put, what she has in her article.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:35PM (2 children)

          by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @10:35PM (#821008)

          Beautiful spreadsheet, great job but they're not saying 82.1% right now. They're saying 82.6% and they're saying 155 cases.

          Well where did 82.1 come from? That was a direct copy/paste.

          • (Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:10PM (1 child)

            by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:10PM (#821025) Homepage Journal

            The 82.1% isn't from Beth, it's not in her article. Ammonyous tweeted it and that, I assume, is where I saw it. The 153 is in her article. D.O.H., right now is saying 155. And, they're saying 82.6%. Possibly they said 82.1% before, and possibly they said 153 -- who knows? Sorry Beth, I'll make it up to you. As only a man can do!

            • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:17PM

              by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @11:17PM (#821028)

              I quoted that number accurately, I'll stake my reputation on it. Wayback machine it.