<story><title>New York’s Rockland County declares measles outbreak emergency</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47715169</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nerdponx</author><text>I know it&amp;#x27;s against the rules here to insinuate that people haven&amp;#x27;t read the article, but I don&amp;#x27;t think anyone commenting has read the article.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t about the anti-vax movement as it is about the toxic relationship that the ultra-Orthodox Jewish enclaves in New York have with their surrounding communities. They are used to abusing religious exemptions in order to have everything &amp;quot;their way&amp;quot;. Hopefully this is the beginning of the end of their ability to operate like this.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The outbreak in Rockland County is largely concentrated in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the New York Times reported. It is believed it could have spread from other predominantly ultra-Orthodox areas around New York which have already seen outbreaks of measles.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mr Day said health inspectors had encountered &amp;quot;resistance&amp;quot; from some local residents, which he branded &amp;quot;unacceptable and irresponsible&amp;quot;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;They&amp;#x27;ve been told &amp;#x27;We&amp;#x27;re not discussing this, do not come back&amp;#x27; when visiting the homes of infected individuals as part of their investigations,&amp;quot; he said.&lt;/i&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>New York’s Rockland County declares measles outbreak emergency</title><url>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-47715169</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tanilama</author><text>Measles even for normal adults can leave ugly scars afterwards. It is definitely not harmless.</text></comment>