Rockland County Executive Ed Day cited a state law, which gives local officials sweeping powers 'in the event of reasonable apprehension of immediate danger' to the public.
Rockland County Executive Ed Day cited a state law, which gives local officials sweeping powers "in the event of reasonable apprehension of immediate danger" to the public.Breaking News Emails
“Effective at the stroke of midnight, Wednesday, March 27, anyone who is under 18 years of age and unvaccinated against the measles will be barred from public places until this declaration expires in 30 days or until they receive the MMR vaccination,” Day said at aLocal police will not be asking for documentation of vaccinations, but they will enforce it retroactively if a parent is found to have allowed their unvaccinated kids into the public spaces, according to the county.
The New York City suburb has been one of the hardest hit by measles due to low vaccination rates in ultra-Orthodox communities. Day noted that health officials are working with rabbis to increase vaccination rates to restore herd immunity. “What they’ve done is re-created the old concept of quarantine,” said Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease expert at Vanderbilt University and a spokesman for the Infectious Diseases Society of America. “It’s a device to assist in ending the outbreak, it is not a punishment. It is designed to interrupt transmission and protect the vulnerable.”
Day emphasized that he wanted this announcement to be seen as an “attention grabber” and that he did not want misinformation to overshadow “the greater good of our community.”
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