New York is the latest state to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations amid the ongoing measles outbreak.
New York is now the latest state to eliminate religious exemptions for vaccinations amid the ongoing measles outbreak.
"This administration has taken aggressive action to contain the measles outbreak, but given its scale, additional steps are needed to end this public health crisis," Cuomo said in a statement. Two areas of New York have the highest numbers of measles cases out of every outbreak in the country, the CDC numbers show.
In April, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio issued an order demanding that all persons, starting at the age of 6 months old, who live, work or attend school within the specified zip codes of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, be vaccinated. Abraham said there were multiple reasons why some in the community do not vaccinate their children, including skepticism of government orders, frustration with how the city government has approached the issue, and not believing the vaccine will work. He added that the community has noticed an increased sense of anti-Semitism, as people, he said, appear to attribute the spread of the disease to the Orthodox Jewish community.
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