Rockland County, New York, which is battling a measles outbreak, has issued a 30-day county-wide Sate of Emergency Declaration (
full text) banning any person under 18 who has not been vaccinated for measles from all places of public assembly. The Declaration defines the scope of the ban:
A place of public assembly shall be a place where more than 10 persons are intended to congregate for purposes such as civic, governmental, social, or religious functions, or for recreation or shopping, or for food or drink consumption, or awaiting transportation, or for daycare or educational purposes, or for medical treatment. A place of public assembly shall also include public transportation vehicles, including but not limited to, publicly or privately owned buses or trains, but does not include taxi or livery vehicles.
The county previously excluded all unvaccinated minors for schools. (See
prior posting.) Yesterday Rockland County issued a
press release announcing the action.
Gizmodo reporting on the ban says in part:
In the case of the Rockland outbreak, it’s thought the original carriers caught measles while visiting Israel. According to health officials, more than 80 percent of local cases have occurred among the unvaccinated. These cases have been concentrated among segments of the Orthodox Jewish community.
