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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 sjames on Thursday April 11 2019, @11:27PM (1 child)

    by sjames (2882) on Thursday April 11 2019, @11:27PM (#828370) Journal

    You're the one who was making an assertion. It's your duty to either back it up with read facts of retract it.

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @11:50PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 11 2019, @11:50PM (#828386)

    Don't even know what assertion you are referring to, you are just attempting to waste the time of someone who has clearly put more effort into understanding this topic than you.