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New York City Orders Williamsburg Residents to Get Vaccinated for Measles or Face $1,000 Fine

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

mrpg writes:

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 martyb on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:36PM (1 child)

    by martyb (76) Subscriber Badge on Thursday April 11 2019, @03:36PM (#828022) Journal

    The first source was dated July 11, 1964 or over 54 years ago.

    The second source was much more recent (August 29, 2018). It advocates FOR high vaccination rates (emphasis added):

    The introduction of vaccines against measles, mumps, and rubella in childhood immunization programs has led to considerable reductions in the incidence of the diseases and the associated morbidity and mortality caused by these viruses.1–3 However, occasional measles, mumps, and rubella outbreaks still occur, often caused or aggravated by sub-optimal vaccination coverage in certain areas or population groups.3–7 Sustained high vaccination coverage is therefore crucial for optimal disease prevention.8–11 Combined live attenuated measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccines help simplify childhood immunization schedules and therefore facilitate achieving high coverage.12

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:23PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @04:23PM (#828082)

    Sorry, I do not get the purpose of your post. The relevant part of those sources is the data on complication rates. I think I got all of it in these quotes:

    The incidence of fever reported as solicited general symptom during the 43-day post-vaccination period was also similar between groups, with 31.1% of MMR-RIT and 32.3% of MMR II-vaccinated children reporting fever ≥ 38.0°C, and 4.0% and 2.7% reporting grade 3 fever (> 39.5°C) (Figure 2 and Supplemental table S1). Medical advice for fever was sought for 13.1% and 10.1% of children in the MMR-RIT and MMR II groups, respectively.
            [...]
            Rashes were reported for 24.4% of MMR-RIT and 27.4% of MMR II-vaccinated children. Approximately two thirds of the rashes were localized and occurred without fever. Measles/rubella-like rashes were reported for 5.8% and 4.7% of children; varicella-like rashes (as a possible consequence of the co-administered varicella vaccine) for 3.6% and 4.0% (Table 3). Medical advice for rashes was sought for 11.2% and 12.4% of children in the MMR-RIT and MMR II groups, respectively.
            [...]
            A total of 51.4% (95% CI: 48.5%, 54.3%) and 48.4% (44.3%, 52.6%) of children in the MMR-RIT and MMR II groups, respectively, reported unsolicited adverse events (AEs) during the 43-day post-vaccination period; upper respiratory tract infection (9.5% and 12.8%) and diarrhea (8.2% and 8.0%) occurred most frequently.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6343620/ [nih.gov]

    Neary 67 per 1,000, or about 1 in every 15 persons with measles in this survey, suffered from at least one complication. The most numerous were severe affections of the respiratory tract (38 per 1,000) and otitis media (25 per 1,000), followed by neurological disturbances (4 per 1,000) and a small number of others (2 per 1,000). Twelve of the children studied (0.2 per 1,000) are known to have died after measles, and 610 (11.5 per 1,000) were admitted to hospitals as a direct result of the disease.

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1815949/ [nih.gov]