Tuesday, May 07, 2019
85% want measles vaccine to be mandatory -- 77% say parents should have no say: poll
More than 85% of Americans believe measles vaccination should be mandatory regardless of religious or other beliefs -- and 77% say kids should get the shot whether their parents like it or not.
Just 4% say vaccines are unsafe, according to a new poll, despite a small but vocal minority of so-called “anti-vaxxers.”
The Reuters/Ipsos poll of 2,000 respondents shows rising support for vaccinations in the face of the worst measles outbreak in decades.
More than 700 cases of the once-eradicated disease have been identified, many of them Orthodox Jews. A small minority of religious Jews and evangelical Christians oppose vaccines for various reasons.
Support for making vaccines mandatory have risen slightly since a similar poll in 2015.
The hardest hit areas in the current outbreak include parts of Brooklyn and upstate Rockland County that are home to large populations of Hasidic Jews. Community leaders say religious Jews support vaccinations as much as anyone but that the tight-knit community’s insular traditions may amplify the effects of a tiny number of infected members.
The city has declared a health emergency in two zip codes in the Williamsburg neighborhood and has handed out citations to parents who fail to get their kids vaccinated.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-measles-poll-vaccination-20190507-pb3c5gufqjbcpebdum34ykenzu-story.html
Just 4% say vaccines are unsafe, according to a new poll, despite a small but vocal minority of so-called “anti-vaxxers.”
The Reuters/Ipsos poll of 2,000 respondents shows rising support for vaccinations in the face of the worst measles outbreak in decades.
More than 700 cases of the once-eradicated disease have been identified, many of them Orthodox Jews. A small minority of religious Jews and evangelical Christians oppose vaccines for various reasons.
Support for making vaccines mandatory have risen slightly since a similar poll in 2015.
The hardest hit areas in the current outbreak include parts of Brooklyn and upstate Rockland County that are home to large populations of Hasidic Jews. Community leaders say religious Jews support vaccinations as much as anyone but that the tight-knit community’s insular traditions may amplify the effects of a tiny number of infected members.
The city has declared a health emergency in two zip codes in the Williamsburg neighborhood and has handed out citations to parents who fail to get their kids vaccinated.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-measles-poll-vaccination-20190507-pb3c5gufqjbcpebdum34ykenzu-story.html
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