Officials are particularly worried because measles is among the most contagious of the infectious diseases. Daniel Salmon, a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said the risk that the unvaccinated children would spread the disease to people who could not, for medical reasons or age, be vaccinated made Rockland County’s order reasonable. “One could even argue they’re compelled to take action because they’re responsible for protecting the public,” he said. Some public health law experts also expressed concern that the county’s order could infringe on civil liberties. Lawrence O. Gostin, a professor of global health law at Georgetown University, said he found Rockland County’s emergency order deeply problematic.

Source: New York Times March 26, 2019 16:21 UTC