Twenty-five cases of measles have been confirmed in New York City, including three new cases on the Lower East Side. The Health Department has confirmed 12 pediatric cases and 13 adult cases since February.
NYC Health Commissioner Mary T. Bassett released the following statement of the latest measles outbreak:
“I urge New Yorkers to ensure all household members, including young children 12 months and older, are vaccinated. Measles is highly contagious and can spread easily through the air. If you suspect you have measles, please call your medical provider before seeking medical attention to avoid exposing others to the measles virus. I strongly advise all urgent care centers, emergency departments, and clinics to educate your staff about measles and ensure that all patients who may have measles are immediately isolated.”
(YWN Desk – NYC)
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Don’t listen to old wives tales about vaccines. Do stay on a regular vaccine schedule.
The frum community needs to organize its own vaccination campaign. There are some ill education people in our community who are avoiding vaccines and with one exception (a vaccine for a sexually transmitted disease that is so rare among frum Jews that the absence of the disease in our community is how they realized its sexual nature), there is no reason for anyone frum to reject any of the standard vaccines. Since (with good reason) we can’t trust the secular government on medical matters, we need to have a frum organization take responsbility.
Myth: Vaccinations do more harm than good.
Before believing anti the anti-vaccine propaganda, ask for proven facts supporting that connection.
“ask for proven facts supporting that connection.”
This was the article that started the “vaccines cause autism” nonsense:
Wakefield AJ, Murch SH, Anthony A et al. (28 February 1998). “Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children”. Lancet 351 (9103): 637–41. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(97)11096-0. PMID 9500320.
It was a case series of 12 children. Case series are the weakest form of study design, so it should never have been published in such a prestigious journal in the first place. Better studies showed no association between vaccines and autism. And then it was discovered that even the original case series was a fraud! The paper has now been retracted.
So the truth is that there is NO evidence whatsoever that vaccines cause autism. Anyone who doesn’t vaccinate their kids for any reason other than a specific contraindication (extremely rare) is endangering the lives of their children and the lives of every child with whom their children who are too young to be vaccinated. Vaccinate your kids — for their sake and for the sake of others!
Before believing the govt’s pro vaccine agenda (or anything else for that matter) ask for facts supporting that connection. Notice the fact that they aren’t saying how many of these people weren’t vaccinated. Thats because they all were! Just wait until one unvaccinated person gets it & they’ll blame the whole thing on him.
Usually I do not comment but would like to add a few things:
@charliehall Regarding that article I have not spoken to one other anti vaccine person uses that study as reference. The only ones who bring it up are pro vaccine as if that negates all the possible side effects of vaccines. A little note about that study anyway. Wakefield was a well respected Dr in England. He had written dozens of well received papers. In this paper all he said was it seemed like there was a connection and it ‘required further study’ For this he was vilified.
Continued – The fact is there are many side effects- you can go right to the CDC website and get an idea of how prevalent they really are. You can even look at an insert from a vaccine package. You should look at the ingredients. The fact is vaccines do NOT make someone immune. Efficacy is only measured by how many antibodies they produce, not whether they make some one immune. Also, you can catch measles from someone who has been vaccinated since they are given the live virus. So, if they sneeze they can pass it on to anybody.
#8 – Facts from websites are usually Not facts. For real facts ask your doctor. Not based on websites or own knowledge.