Tenth Jewish School In NYC Closes Due To Anti-Vaxxers

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The Health Department announced today that it has closed a school in Williamsburg for failing to comply with an Order of the Health Commissioner in response to the current measles outbreak.

Central UTA Boys Division on 762 Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg, NY was closed today for failing to exclude staff and students who did not have documentation of immunity. The school also received violations for not having an adequate staff to student ratio and for not providing Health Department inspectors with vaccination and attendance records in the time allotted.

The school will not be allowed to reopen until the Health Department reviews and approves a submitted corrective action plan that addresses the lapses in complying with the Commissioner’s Order.

The Health Department had previously closed nine schools — not including the program shut today — for failing to comply with the Commissioner’s Order. After submitting a corrective action plan, all nine have been authorized to reopen under Health Department monitoring.

“School staff, parents, and health care providers need to continue playing their role in bringing this outbreak to an end” said Health Commissioner Dr. Oxiris Barbot. “We’ve seen our weekly case counts decline, but the reality is, this outbreak is not over, and the Health Department will continue to use all the resources and strategies available to us. We urge anyone who can get vaccinated to do so.”

To date, 588 cases of measles have been confirmed since the beginning of the outbreak last October. 437 cases (74%) have occurred in Williamsburg, which has been under an Emergency Order issued April 9 requiring those who live or work in these ZIP codes to have been vaccinated with the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine (MMR). A small number of cases have occurred outside of these neighborhoods but have, to date, not resulted in sustained transmission of measles.

Since the April 9 Emergency Order, 51,124 MMR vaccinations have been administered to children 6 months to 18 years citywide, a 38% increase when compared to the same time period last year. Of those immunizations, 3,844 vaccines were administered to children in Williamsburg, a 99% increase in that neighborhood compared to the same time period last year.

In addition, 173 individuals have received summonses for being non-compliant with the Emergency Order since the City began issuing summonses last week. 68 of those have been cancelled as the individual presented proof of immunity or got vaccinated. Any person receiving the summons is entitled to a hearing, and if the hearing officer upholds the summons, a $1,000 penalty will be imposed. Failing to appear at the hearing or respond to the summons will result in a $2,000 fine.

{Matzav.com}


6 COMMENTS

  1. Jewish communities are being scapegoated. In Kentucky, a media outlet found that more than 4,300 students attending Jefferson County Public Schools had no record as of March that they received their shots for measles, mumps and rubella. More than 40% of the Jefferson School District have not been vaccinated, yet only two Kentucky kids have been infected since April. Why hasn’t the district ordered school closures? Also, if more than 40% of kids have not been vaccinated, why isn’t there a measles outbreak in their state??? But pressure is being placed on Jewish communities??

    https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/education/2019/05/23/unvaccinated-measles-vaccine-rates-low-some-jcps-louisville-kentucky-schools/3576012002/

  2. Why should most of the School children, who were vaccinated, suffer because of the few who didn’t? Why can’t they just throw out the anti vaxxers and let the School continue its curriculum?

    • read it again. you will see it says that the administration failed to exclude students and faculty without documentation.

  3. The schools should demand an answer from the Health Dept Hoaxers: If vaccination is so good, why are the afraid of the anti-vaxxers?

  4. Jewish anti-vaxxers should open the minds of our naive brethren and hand out pamphlets with hundreds of articles that can be found online of the fatal dangers and ineffectiveness of measles which mainstream media is covering up and trying to shove down their throats.

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