Monday
Feb152010
Jerusalem Post notes vaccination problem among Haredi Jews in the U.S.
Monday, February 15, 2010 at 11:01AM The following was sent to The Chronicle by Rabbi Scott Aaron, Community Scholar for the Agency for Jewish Learning.
The Jerusalem Post discusses the recent outbreak of mumps in Haredi communities in the United States, and states that "a not-insignificant minority of parents are refusing to immunize their children, fearing vaccines contain harmful side effects and/or out of conviction that Mother Nature would not approve." The editor is thankful that "most Israeli children are immunized through the Tipat Halav well-baby clinics," and adds: "We urge the Health Ministry to consider requiring parents to provide a child’s pinkas hisunim – immunization record – when they register their youngsters for school."
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