Friday, May 24, 2019

Rabbis agree: Get vaccinated, already

https://nypost.com/2019/05/21/rabbis-agree-get-vaccinated-already/


Despite a massive campaign by New York health officials urging people to vaccinate their children, the measles outbreak continues to worsen here in New York and nationally.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported this week that 880 new cases in 24 states have been identified. Most of those cases are in New York, with the Empire State’s total now standing at more than 725.
That’s the highest number of infections in a quarter-century, and the problem shows no signs of abating anytime soon. Indeed, if the anti-vaccine rally held last week in Rockland County is any indication, the rash of cases will only continue to grow.
Sadly, the event attracted hundreds of attendees and featured speaker after speaker fervently spreading anti-vaccine propaganda.
As the chief executive officer of Chai Lifeline, North America’s largest Jewish children’s health-support network, I feel obliged to push back against such cavalier, irresponsible and dangerous attitudes about vaccines.

1 comment:

  1. Kalonymus AnonymusMay 27, 2019 at 2:57 PM

    Measles/Anti-semitism: https://www.timesofisrael.com/ny-uber-driver-calls-hasidic-woman-one-of-those-fing-measles-people/?fbclid=IwAR0MCkIBjmFkrPvRaLQALsM6ov1-FLAcEUi9-GDW_E2O6lAp-DDod75wh9o

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