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In reply to the discussion: NYC Teachers Union Fights For Medical And Religious Exemptions To COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate [View all]pnwmom
(109,021 posts)45. Proving my point. They have to urge them because other Rabbis are anti-vcxx.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/11/nyregion/orthodox-jewish-vaccinations.html
Many prominent mainstream Orthodox leaders in the New York region and in Israel, where the virus has all but disappeared, have advised their communities to get the coronavirus vaccine.
But in ultra-Orthodox circles in New York, where women marry at a younger age and birthrates dwarf those of the general population, the spread of unsubstantiated rumors about the coronavirus vaccines potential adverse effects on fertility and pregnancy have been particularly effective in dissuading young women from getting the vaccine, interviews with health officials and community members show. These neighborhoods have some of the lowest vaccination rates in New York City.
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Fears about the vaccine and fertility have caught on in the Orthodox community like wildfire, said Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow, a reproductive endocrinologist and founding board member of Jewish Orthodox Womens Medical Association, or JOWMA, a grass-roots group that has taken the lead on combating misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine circulating in Orthodox circles.
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In the ZIP code for Borough Park in Brooklyn, which has a large Orthodox community, 28.5 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, compared with a 45.7 percent rate for all city residents. In the ZIP code for South Williamsburg, where several leading Hasidic sects are centered, 35 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. In East Crown Heights, where the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic sect is headquartered, that number is 30.5 percent.
Many prominent mainstream Orthodox leaders in the New York region and in Israel, where the virus has all but disappeared, have advised their communities to get the coronavirus vaccine.
But in ultra-Orthodox circles in New York, where women marry at a younger age and birthrates dwarf those of the general population, the spread of unsubstantiated rumors about the coronavirus vaccines potential adverse effects on fertility and pregnancy have been particularly effective in dissuading young women from getting the vaccine, interviews with health officials and community members show. These neighborhoods have some of the lowest vaccination rates in New York City.
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Fears about the vaccine and fertility have caught on in the Orthodox community like wildfire, said Dr. Bat-Sheva Lerner Maslow, a reproductive endocrinologist and founding board member of Jewish Orthodox Womens Medical Association, or JOWMA, a grass-roots group that has taken the lead on combating misinformation about the coronavirus vaccine circulating in Orthodox circles.
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In the ZIP code for Borough Park in Brooklyn, which has a large Orthodox community, 28.5 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, compared with a 45.7 percent rate for all city residents. In the ZIP code for South Williamsburg, where several leading Hasidic sects are centered, 35 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. In East Crown Heights, where the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic sect is headquartered, that number is 30.5 percent.
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NYC Teachers Union Fights For Medical And Religious Exemptions To COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate [View all]
nycbos
Sep 2021
OP
The only legitimate contraindication is allergy to a component of the vaccine, which is rare
hlthe2b
Sep 2021
#11
Even individuals on oxygen from chronic COPD or lung cancer CAN and DO wear masks.
hlthe2b
Sep 2021
#16
Active infection in an immunosuppressed individual--I know of such a case for which the vax is
emmaverybo
Sep 2021
#64
The doctor of the person I am talking about and several specialists have weighed in against it. She
emmaverybo
Sep 2021
#68
With certain stages of some autoimmune disease, the overly activated immune system--
hlthe2b
Sep 2021
#69
Thanks for elaborating and educating. Agree not Biden's job to make the case for a super-minority
emmaverybo
Sep 2021
#70
Undergoing chemo? Allergic to something in the vaccine? Whatever the reason (IF valid!),
deurbano
Sep 2021
#12
What took them so long? - I expected them to do that the day after it was announced.
PoliticAverse
Sep 2021
#2
Those are Orthodox Rabbis. The misinformation is being spread among insular ultra-Orthodox groups,
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#46
It's infuriating about Catholic Schools because Pope Francis has been urging people to vaccinate. nt
pnwmom
Sep 2021
#60
The rest of NYS is adhering to the guidlines set by Governor Hockul based on CDC recommendations.
lapucelle
Sep 2021
#19
The NYS K-12 mandate follows the CDC recommendations. NYS is following the science,
lapucelle
Sep 2021
#36
Who exactly is telling you that your "freedom doesn't matter because Jesus" in the case at hand?
lapucelle
Sep 2021
#25
That is your belief, and you are entitled to it. That may also be the law in your state, at least
lapucelle
Sep 2021
#38
If it were up to me I would allow medical exemptions but it would require a notarized statement
totodeinhere
Sep 2021
#40
Your religion does not trump children's safety. You have a choice, which you are free to make ...
eppur_se_muova
Sep 2021
#49
Another examples of Americans fighting for their right to kill each other
usajumpedtheshark
Sep 2021
#66