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by droithomme 2249 days ago
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-vaccination-is-n...

> The New York State Health Department reports the average vaccination rate for measles among the nearly 200 Jewish K-12 schools in Brooklyn — mainly in Borough Park and Williamsburg — is 96%, six percentage points higher than the statewide average among private schools. In contrast, six other New York counties have a vaccination rate below 50%.
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throwlaplace 2249 days ago
is this a joke? Aren't you the one spreading misinformation? it is well known that haredi disregard all manner of reasonable health recommendations

https://www.brownstoner.com/brooklyn-life/coronavirus-hasidi...

including transmission of oral herpes to babies by oral suction (no I'm not using a euphemism)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4608492/

>200 Jewish K-12 schools in Brooklyn

how many haredi children go to k-12 schools instead of yeshiva? this article puts attendance at 160,000

https://www.jta.org/2020/01/13/united-states/new-york-is-try...

given that there are only ~2 million haredi I think that's quite a large proportion. and no yeshiva is not the same as k-12 orthodox school (same article explicitly distinguishes).

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HarryHirsch 2249 days ago
There was an article somewhere in the paper that reported that a group of ultraorthodox rabbis in the NYC area promulgated a statement saying that their congregations should follow the medical advice from the public authorities. They wouldn't do this if they hadn't got an antivaxer problem.

Now if we could find out what other groups are undervaccinated and who they listen to (Foodbabe? Cardi?), perhaps those people could also make similar statements and vaccination rates would go up.

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