New York City is requiring residents of a heavily Orthodox Jewish neighborhood to be vaccinated for measles. Now the question is how officials intend to enforce that demand.
A woman, right, who identified herself as Ester, passes a group of boys, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York. Ester says that she does not believe that the measles vaccination is safe. The city health department ordered all ultra-Orthodox Jewish schools in a neighborhood of Brooklyn on Monday to exclude unvaccinated students from classes during the current measles outbreak.
De Blasio acknowledged it's "an unusual action," saying it's motivated by "the sheer extent of the crisis." The city believes an estimated 1,800 children in the neighborhood hadn't been immunized as of December. Some Williamsburg residents — even those who support vaccination — said Tuesday they felt uncomfortable about the city pushing inoculations on people who don't want them."It's true that a lot of people have measles, and measles are not a very good thing, said resident Aron Braver, but he thinks the vaccine is "also not a very good thing."The New York Civil Liberties Union also questioned the city's emergency order requiring vaccinations for all.
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