In Rockland County, six of the 80 Orthodox Jewish schools in the state’s database had vaccination rates below 90 percent, according to Orthodox Jewish advocacy group OJPAC. Taking into account the size, 96% of school-aged Orthodox children in the county had been vaccinated, the group said.
“Virtually all children who attend Jewish schools receive the full range of mandatory immunizations by the time they go to school, so this community as a group has more anti-vaccination sentiment than elsewhere. It is absurd to claim to have a ‘co-founder of the group.
At Meadow Valley, a small Amish school in Oneida County, 11% of students reported being vaccinated against polio. County public health director Dan Gilmore said he wasn’t sure whether vaccinations were required in Amish schools, but he encouraged them. he added. The Cataraugas County Public Health Commissioner said about 20 Amish schools in his area have not submitted vaccine information to the state.
The state health department is responsible for investigating complaints about immunization reports from private schools outside New York City, conducting annual audits of a “select number” of schools, and issuing corrective action plans. We have confirmed. However, it is unclear how often the audits will take place.
After the state eliminated religious exemptions from vaccination in 2019, an Amish family in rural Seneca County said, “God made his children ‘just and good,’ and they Vaccinating against the virus is a loss of trust in God,” he said. according to the lawsuit.
Under state law, unvaccinated children in their families should have been excluded from school. said James G. Mermigis, the family’s attorney who dropped the lawsuit.