Posted on 05/15/2019 5:28:46 AM PDT by FewsOrange
So make sure you vaccinate any babies in your family. (Or if too young sequester them). The nanny state has enough power over our liberties.
Immigrants and travelers are the source of the measles, NOT the anti-Vaxxers!
Great Hats though!
“Orthodox Jews tend to be pretty intelligent people.”
Yes, but also very weak-willed.
Vaccinations are a challenging issue from a moral/ethical standpoint because there are solid arguments to be made on both sides. The numerous cases of devastating epidemics throughout human history are compelling support for the argument that government has a legitimate role in using "invasive" preventive measures to protect the general public. On the other hand, there is a legitimate question about just how invasive the government should be in situations where the disease in question may be more of a nuisance than a deadly threat.
Interestingly, I'm not sure this underlying question is really the heart of the matter in this particular case. There are unique circumstances in a religious community like the one mentioned here -- the issue of "public health" tied to funding instead of protection, for example -- that add a whole different dimension to the matter.
This particular case is one where the groups actually intersect.
The ultra-Orthodox Jews described here probably could have lived outside the public eye for decades even though they never got any vaccinations against measles. What disrupted this whole thing was the frequent travels of some of them between the U.S. and Israel. Once a single traveler was exposed to measles in the Middle East and brought it back to New York City, the entire community of unvaccinated people was at risk.
Suuuure, because all doctors, even Jewish ones, have the good vaccines stored in cabinet A and cabinet B is what is used only for Hasidim patients.
Having worked in NYC for a long time and being familiar with the area in this article I am very familiar with the undertones and you have really hit it in the head. I *do* believe this is less about disease and more about a whole host of issues.
For what it's worth, a few years ago there was a measles outbreak in Ohio that was attributed largely to an Amish community. The outcome there was much different due, IMHO, to the local government and the community working (albeit a bit warily) with each other. It is telling to me that the tone here is quite different.
Thank you again.
It isn’t just the young who are at risk. People who cannot get vaccinated due to an immune system problem (such as organ transplant recipients) would be in a bad way if they got the measles.
Normally, I am against government forcing people to do anything, and the Gardasil vaccine should not be mandatory, but measles, pertussis, etc. are different. They are highly contagious, and people do die from these diseases. If someone doesn’t want to be vaccinated or have their kids vaccinated, then perhaps they should live apart from the rest of the population. If they were only risking themselves, it would be different.
There's no mention at all about the diseases brought into this country by the invasion of illegals.
Remember when Obama's CDC refused to release the locations of where illegal children where being placed right at the same time outbreaks were happening at remote/supposedly unrelated schools across the nation?
Think about it for a moment. You appear to be saying that it is OK to impose a religious belief or practice upon others. And I don't think that is what you meant.
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