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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : How the Measles Outbreak Started


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07-19-2022, 04:08 AM
The number of measles cases in the United States has risen to nearly 700 — the highest annual number recorded since 2000, when the disease was declared eliminated in the country. Many of those cases can be traced to ultra-Orthodox Jewish communities in New York. Guest: Sarah Maslin Nir, who covers New York City for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily (https://www.nytimes.com/thedaily).

Background reading:


Officials in New York have taken extraordinary measures to fight the measles outbreak, including $1,000 fines and bans on unvaccinated children in public (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/24/health/measles-outbreaks-us.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
The outbreak has Orthodox Jewish communities fearing a rise in anti-Semitism (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/29/nyregion/measles-jewish-community.html?smid=pc-thedaily).
How is measles transmitted? How safe is the vaccine? Here are answers to some questions about the disease (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/us/measles-outbreak.html?smid=pc-thedaily).


أكثر... (https://www.nytimes.com/the-daily)