Measles outbreak: Legislators move to end religious exemptions from vaccines amid outbreak [View all]
NEW YORK CITY - State legislators are pushing to end non-medical exemptions to vaccinations for school-aged children, as measles cases in Brooklyn, Queens and Rockland County have reached 425.
Legislation in Albany mirrors one passed in California after a measles outbreak spread through Disneyland in 2015.
State Sen. Brad Hoylman and state Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, the main sponsors of the bills, were joined by medical professionals and State Sen. David Carlucci, D-New City, Thursday afternoon on the steps of City Hall to call for support of the legislation.
"The goal here is to push legislation to remove all non-medical exemptions for vaccination for children to go to school in New York state," Carlucci said. "We've seen the spread of measles really spread like wildfire in communities where the vaccination rates are not high."
Read more: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/local/rockland/2019/04/04/measles-religious-exemptions-new-york/3362373002/
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