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posted by martyb on Thursday April 11 2019, @12:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the disease-outbreak-spotted dept.

If using the law to corral antivaxxers doesn’t work at first, try, try again. At least, that seems to be the lesson learned by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. On Tuesday, he declared a state of emergency and mandated residents of the Williamsburg neighborhood, where an outbreak of measles has been raging since last fall, get vaccinated for the viral disease. Those who choose not to will risk the penalty of a $1,000 fine.

https://gizmodo.com/new-york-city-orders-williamsburg-residents-to-get-vacc-1833917175


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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:21PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:21PM (#828004)

    advertised to detect if someone's autism was 'caused' by the MMR vaccine.

    Setting aside for a moment all the problems with anti-vaxx to begin with, what the hell would be the point of this, if you can't do anything to fix it anyway? Sue somebody?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:40PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:40PM (#828029)

    Exactly. That was his plan - anyone can use his kit for "free" but he gets a cut of any settlements/awards due to litigation because he provides and 'certifies' the results.