BATTLE FOR WORLD / DAILYREPUBLIC | April 19, 2019: The article highlights the measles outbreak in the area – on the corner of Bedford and Division avenues in Brooklyn, the heart of the New York borough’s Orthodox Jewish community where men in black hats and suits rushed in and out of their neighborhood stores and women can be seen with headscarves pushing strollers or carts filled with groceries, not eager to speak with an outsider.

The attention facing the Williamsburg neighborhood the center of the nation’s biggest outbreak of measles, a once eradicated disease that has returned as some parents shun the vaccines that killed it off. On Tuesday (April 9), the 285 cases of measles were reported in the borough prompting Mayor Bill de Blasio to declare a public health emergency, imposing $1,000 fines – or even jail time – on those who haven’t been inoculated, shining a light on the small insular religious circles of devout Jews where the virus has spread and vaccination is often shun by members of the group.

In the neighborhood: “No one I know has measles, my dad’s a doctor and none of his patients have measles,” said Avi Rose, 17, who’s been vaccinated and assumes that almost everyone else he knows has been, too. Of the city’s order focusing on the tightly knit neighborhood, he said, “I think it’s not going to happen. Most people are vaccinated. They can’t enforce it.”

Among some parents the measles outbreak appears not to be of concern because there is a belief that vaccines are connected to health issues such as autism, despite a lack of scientific evidence [the article noted] and the consistent effort of medical experts to dislodge such beliefs.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who frequently disagrees with de Blasio, said that the mayor’s action is likely to raise questions about freedom of religion, and noted New York law allows exceptions to vaccinations based on such beliefs. But state Senator Brad Hoylman attacked that provision when it comes to school-age children, pointing to similar legislation enacted by California. And said that “The First Amendment’s freedom of religion doesn’t give you the right to endanger other people’s children and your own,” Hoylman, a Manhattan Democrat, said in an interview.

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