Judge defends mandatory measles vaccination in NYC emergency declaration

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A judge dismissed a lawsuit that challenged an emergency declaration in New York City requiring residents of certain neighborhoods affected by a measles outbreak to receive mandatory vaccinations.

Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.A judge dismissed a lawsuit Thursday that challenged an emergency declaration in New York City requiring residents of certain neighborhoods affected by a measles outbreak to receive mandatory vaccinations.last week that would require unvaccinated people living in four ZIP codes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to receive the measles vaccine in response to one of the largest outbreaks in decades.

“This is the epicenter of a measles outbreak that is very, very troubling and must be dealt with immediately,” de Blasio said., where a large outbreak of the disease is occurring, according to the city health department’s website."Since then, there have been additional people from Brooklyn and Queens who were unvaccinated and acquired measles while in Israel," the health department said.

Unless residents within the ZIP codes can demonstrate immunity to measles, they must get the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine or face a $1,000 fine.against the declaration, arguing the order was unconstitutional and quarantine would be an equitable solution instead. But a judge dismissed their suit on Thursday, saying the families failed to provide an affidavit from a religious official to prove religious objections. Parents also failed to prove the declaration would compel forced vaccination, Judge Lawrence Knipel said in the opinion.

"A fireman need not obtain the informed consent of the owner before extinguishing a house fire," Knipel wrote in his ruling."Vaccination is known to extinguish the fire of contagion."

 

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For all you pro-choice baby-killers, I’d like to remind you of your own phrase..”My Body, My Choice” I’ll decide what’s best for my body and my baby.

This goes beyond religious beliefs; this is about the safety of all Americans or those living within are borders. To choose not to vaccinate is not a right; public safety trumps your beliefs. You are more then welcome to leave and live in a country with ramped disease.

Get a brain. Get a shot.

Will the courts be liable if a child has a reaction?

Good! 💪🏼

Australia - “No Jab No Play”.

Measels cure Cancer

Sense over suspicion.

Keep being a sanctuary city and this will continue.

2019 and some people are pro-plague. 🤦🏻‍♂️

I don’t want my child to have autism because of your dirty vaccines

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