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

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: 2) by exaeta on Wednesday March 27 2019, @03:33PM (3 children)

    by exaeta (6957) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @03:33PM (#820696) Homepage Journal
    Anti-vax people are often pro-life and they object to the use of fetal cells used to develop the vaccine. While there are some anti-vax that believe it causes autism, they seem like the minority.
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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:28PM (1 child)

    by RandomFactor (3682) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:28PM (#820740) Journal

    If true, that wing of the movement sure is a heck of a lot quieter than the causes autism wing.

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    • (Score: 2) by exaeta on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:09PM

      by exaeta (6957) on Wednesday March 27 2019, @07:09PM (#820881) Homepage Journal
      I think it's more that the media reports less on them. They are actually quite noisy. A lot of media don't want pro life people to know about these facts and become anti-vax, you could say it's an agenda if you wanted.
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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 27 2019, @04:41PM (#820754)

    If they were truly pro-life, they'd not be pro-disease among other issues. They are just pro-fetus. Once it's born, their concern stops.