A county in New York City has banned unvaccinated children under the age of 18 from public places to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people.A state of emergency was declared by local officials, who hope to encourage parents to vaccinate their childrenIt is unclear how it will work as people will not be stopped in the street and asked for proof of vaccinations
Rockland County is experiencing New York state's longest measles outbreak since the disease was officially eliminated from the United States in 2000. A state of emergency was declared by local officials, who hope to persuade parents to have their children vaccinated to reverse the trajectory of the disease's spread.
"This is a public health crisis and it is time to sound the alarm and take the appropriate action," Rockland county executive Ed Day told a media conference.He added that it was parents, not children, who would be the focus of the enforcement of the ban. "Parents will be held accountable if they are found to be in violation of a state of emergency and the focus of this effort is on the parents of these children."
Do they have tattooed vaccine records on their foreheads or something?
Well, at least the anti-vax movement is only going to last a single generation. You can't really convince your kids to be anti vaccination if they're dead.