Judge won't let unvaccinated children back in school

[demmiblue]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge, citing an “unprecedented measles outbreak” in suburban Rockland County, New York, has denied a request to let 44 unvaccinated children return to school.

Parents of students in the Green Meadow Waldorf School in Chestnut Ridge have sued the county health department. They say none of the school’s excluded children have contracted measles amid the county’s outbreak, which started last fall.

According to the Journal News , their lawyer, Michael Sussman, criticized the judge’s decision Tuesday to deny a temporary injunction that would have allowed the children back in classes.

On the same day, pediatric organizations expressed support for state legislation that would allow minors to get vaccinated without parental consent .

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[beachbum bob]

1. actions and non-actions have consequences. Time for officials to PROTECT the PUBLIC, not kowtow

to extremists.

[turbinetree]

2. You just gotta to ask, did these parents get vaccinated when they where younger

haven't they figured it out yet........................

[erronis]

6. Well, if they hadn't been vaccinated for TB, polio, tetanus (DPT), a lot of them wouldn't be here

and a lot of them wouldn't have had children to make suffer through all of these diseases.

My grandfather died of cholera because it wasn't a required vaccine when traveling. His son (my father) was 4 at the time.

While the stooopids and their gene-line will die off over a few generations they'll also take out a bunch of innocents along the way.

Is this a way for the powerful/monied to thin the flock?

[pdsimdars]

3. I have a solution for all . . ..

Let the unvax kid's parents sign a contract saying that if their kids get sick, then the medical institutions don't have to treat them. That way the kids with vaccines won't get sick and the kids without vaccinations will get to go to school. If they get sick and die . . . oops, karma is a b*tch. They will reap what they planned for.

[cab67]

4. I understand where this comes from.

The problem is that it punishes the unvaccinated children, who had no choice in the matter.

A better approach would be to hold them liable for medical expenses for other children who get sick.

[pdsimdars]

13. That seems more reasonable. They should pay for their decisions.

[localroger]

5. The unvaxxed kids increase the risk to the vaccinated ones

Because the vaccine isn't perfect, exposure to a fully developed case of measles might affect a vaccinated kid who would have been safe among other vaccinated kids. There are well developed mathematical models for this risk and it increases sharply for everyone as the percentage of unvaccinated individuals goes over a few percent.

[relayerbob]

8. Exactly!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. +1. . . . nt

[pdsimdars]

14. Interesting, the more you know . . . . .

[paleotn]

16. And particularly for those who can't be immunized....

and must rely on herd immunity.

[NurseJackie]

7. Outstanding!

[relayerbob]

9. Good.

They ought to be required to take some biology and history classes also

[Aristus]

10. Good.

I'm glad the courts are refusing to validate their shitheadedness.

[lilactime]

11. Good.

[BigmanPigman]

15. Not only do kids get sick, teacher do too.

I got Chicken Pox while in my late 30s from my students (this was before the vaccine came out). That can make males sterile. Is that what anti-vaxxers want to happen? I doubt it if it happens to their husband or son, when it happens to someone else they don't give a damn...selfish asses!

[paleotn]

17. There should be no choice.

Unless a child cannot be vaccinated due to documented medical reasons, it is mandatory.