Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging NYC’s Emergency MMR Vaccination Order

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In his ruling, Judge Knipel noted the “unvarnished truth” that “there is a significant spike in incidence of measles in the United States in many years and that the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn is at its epicenter. It has already begun to spread to remote locations.”

In addition, he wrote, “Accordingly, this court can only conclude that there presently exists an emergent measles epidemic in the area codes in or bordering the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, sufficient to warrant the declaration of a public health emergency.”

“Petitioners raise the issue of informed consent and medical ethics, tort law and intemationally accepted human rights principles such as the Nuremberg Code…These issues are inappropriately raised in this context. A fireman need not obtain the informed consent of the owner before extinguishing a house fire. Vaccination is known to extinguish the fire of contagion,” according to Judge Knipel.