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(Rockland County, NY) Kids get measles vaccine after county declares emergency
Source: Associated Press
Kids get measles vaccine after county declares emergency
March 27, 2019
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City’s northern suburbs.
Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall. The order bans unvaccinated children under 18 years old from public places such as schools, stores and churches.
Loreen Costa told the Rockland Journal News she brought her son to his pediatrician for a vaccination Wednesday after getting a robocall from his school explaining the ban. School districts contacted parents of unvaccinated children and told them not to attend classes Wednesday.
Lainie Goldstein of Grandview said her son’s middle school principal called her and said the boy can’t attend school until he’s vaccinated. She said she had chosen not to vaccinate him because she did “not want to injure” him, but she brought him to the pediatrician Wednesday for the injection.
“I feel like I am being bullied right now to go get vaccinations,” she told the Journal News.
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March 27, 2019
NEW CITY, N.Y. (AP) — Some parents who had resisted having their children vaccinated reluctantly brought them in for a measles shot Wednesday as a state of emergency took effect in a county in New York City’s northern suburbs.
Rockland County enacted the emergency order Tuesday night to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since last fall. The order bans unvaccinated children under 18 years old from public places such as schools, stores and churches.
Loreen Costa told the Rockland Journal News she brought her son to his pediatrician for a vaccination Wednesday after getting a robocall from his school explaining the ban. School districts contacted parents of unvaccinated children and told them not to attend classes Wednesday.
Lainie Goldstein of Grandview said her son’s middle school principal called her and said the boy can’t attend school until he’s vaccinated. She said she had chosen not to vaccinate him because she did “not want to injure” him, but she brought him to the pediatrician Wednesday for the injection.
“I feel like I am being bullied right now to go get vaccinations,” she told the Journal News.
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Read more: https://apnews.com/8f2ced86bc9b4e37a1015355007c9006