A group Jewish nurses is disputing a handbook that health officials say is fueling a measles outbreak in the ultra-Orthodox community.
div > div.group > p:first-child"> The vaccine is safe, for starters, said the emergency room nurse practitioner. It doesn't cause autism, and Vitamin A doesn't protect you from the disease, she said.
She said Peach has waged a"pretty good propaganda effort" in the Williamsburg and Borough Park neighborhoods of Brooklyn. As of Monday, the city has confirmed 329 cases of measles, including 44 in the previous week. Health officials expect that number to rise as some parents refuse to vaccinate their children.
The city's health department said Monday it closed a child-care center recently after it failed to provide vaccination records. City officials said they notified 23 child-care programs and yeshivas — Orthodox Jewish schools — that they were in violation of the city's order to keep unvaccinated children out of school. The United Talmudical Academy in Williamsburg was the first one that was closed under the city's new mandatory vaccination order.
"One of the main things that we can provide that sets us apart, as nurses, we are trained to educate our patients," Feldman said. The women are taking scientific literature and research studies and translating it into layman's terms for ultra-Orthodox Jewish parents. Rather than dismiss their concerns, they cite studies and data that back up their points.
The Peach handbook says measles"rarely causes harm in properly nourished children in affluent countries," which is false, according to American Pediatric Association spokesman Dr. Sean O'Leary. Health officials are hoping Feldman's group has better luck persuading parents to vaccinate their children. Zucker said the city's heard reports of"measles parties," where people are deliberately exposing their children to measles to try to naturally immunize them to the disease.
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