MEASLES FROM SPREADING THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN.
THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN. THEY DECLARED IT A PUBLIC
EMERGENCY AND ARE REQUIRING THAT
EVERYONE LIVING IN AFFECTED
AREAS GET VACCINATED OR FACE
FINES UP TO $1,000.
THE MEASURE COMES AS THE UNITED
STATES IS FACING A MASSIVE SPIKE
IN MEASLES INFECTIONS.
IN 2019, 465 CASES HAVE BEEN
CONFIRMED.
CONFIRMED. IT’S THE SECOND LARGEST NUMBER
REPORTED SINCE THE DISEASE WAS
DECLARED ELIMINATED.
DECLARED ELIMINATED. IF ONE SINGLE PERSON HAS IT, UP
TO 90% OF THE PEOPLE WHO COME
CLOSE TO THAT PERSON AND ARE NOT
IMMUNE ALREADY COULD BECOME
EFFECTED.
EFFECTED. IT COULD SPREAD THROUGH THE AIR
FOR UP TO TWO HOURS.
AFFECTED PEOPLE CAN SPREAD
MEASLES FOR UP TO FOUR DAYS
BEFORE AND AFTER SYMPTOMS
APPEAR.
APPEAR. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE A HIGH FEVER,
COUGH AND RASH.
AND IT COULD LEAD TO DEADLY
HEALTH COMPLICATIONS.
HEALTH COMPLICATIONS. 25% OF ALL PEOPLE WHO CONTRACT
MEASLES WILL BE HOSPITALIZED.
10% OF CHILDREN WHO GET MEASLES
CONTCT AN EAR INFECTION AND
AROUND 5% OF CHILDREN WITH
MEASLES GET PNEUMONIA, WHICH IS
THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH
FOR MEASLES IN YOUNG CHILDREN.
THE MEASLES VACCINE IS VERY
EFFECT.
EFFECT. 95% OF PEOPLE GET IT, BOTH THE
MMR VACCINE, THEY DO NOT GET
MEASLES AT ALL.
93% EFFECTIVE FOR PEOPLE WHO
ONLY GET ONE OF THE TWO
RECOMMENDED DOSES.
RECOMMENDED DOSES. IF YOU ONLY GET ONE, YOU’RE
STILL OKAY.
STILL OKAY. BUT NOT CAN GET THE INFECTION.
HE’S NOT APPROVED FOR KIDS UNDER
ONE.
ONE. THE SAME GOES FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES
INCLUDING A SEVERE ALLERGY TO
ANY PART OF THE VACCINE.
>> I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT
MEASLES --
MEASLES -- >> THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A
SECOND.
SECOND. PEOPLE WHO HAVE CANCER ARE UP
AND ABOUT ON THE SOCIETY,
IMAGINE IF THEY’RE ON THE
SUBWAY, LIVING THEIR LIVES, THEY
COULD BE FACED WITH THIS.
>> NEW YORK’S CITY COMMISSIONER
JOINS US NOW FOR MORE ON HOW TO
STOP THIS DEADLY VIRUS.
PEOPLE WHO ARE IMMUNO
COMPROMISED, THIS COULD BE A
DEATH SENTENCE.
DEATH SENTENCE. >> THAT’S REALLY THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MATTER HERE,
PEOPLE CAN BE INFECTIOUS WHEN
THEY’RE NOT HAVING THE RASH.
SO YOU DON’T KNOW UNLESS THEY
HAVE VACCINATIONS WHETHER OR NOT
YOU ARE AT RISK.
THE SECOND THING IS, YES,
TYPICALLY WE RECOMMEND THE
MEASLES VACCINE AT 12 TO 15
MONTHS.
MONTHS. BUT DURING THIS OUTBREAK, WE’RE
ACTUALLY RECOMMENDING THAT
INFANTS AS YOUNG AS SIX MONTHS
GET THE VACCINATION BECAUSE IT’S
THAT SERIOUS.
THAT SERIOUS. IN NEW YORK CITY, WE HAVE 21
PEOPLE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED,
FIVE OF WHICH HAVE HAD TO BE IN
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT.
>> WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM?
IT HAPPENS IN HIGHLY
CONCENTRATED AREAS.
CONCENTRATED AREAS. IS THIS ALL MISINFORMATION
LEADING TO PEOPLE NOT GETTING
THE MMR VACCINE IN CERTAIN
COMMUNITIES?
COMMUNITIES? >> MY CONCERN IS THAT PEOPLE ARE
LISTENING TO ANONYMOUS SOURCES
WHO ARE QUOTING FAKE SCIENCE
THROUGH THE INTERNET AND THEY’RE
PAYING ATTENTION TO THAT AND
THEY’RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO
THE FACTS.
THE FACTS. OUR PRIMARY APPROACH TO THIS HAS
BEEN TO MAKE ABSOLUTE CLEAR
EVIDENCE AS AVAILABLE AS
POSSIBLE NOT ONLY THROUGH OUR
MEANS BUT THROUGH TRUSTED VOICES
AND COMMUNITIES.
AND COMMUNITIES. RIGHT NOW IN BROOKLYN, IT’S
PRIMARILY THE ULTRA ORTHODOX
COMMUNITY THAT IS SEEING THE
BIGGEST OUTBREAK.
BIGGEST OUTBREAK. AND SO WE ARE WORKING THROUGH
RELIGIOUS LEADERS TO MAKE SURE
WE --
WE -- >> ARE YOU GETTING RESISTANCE?
WHAT DO YOU DO -- PEOPLE AREN’T
CAUSAL ABOUT THIS.
IF PEOPLE HAVE DECIDED THEY
DON’T LIKE VACCINATIONS --
>> BIG DECISION.
>> THEY’RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE
THEIR MIND BECAUSE YOU SAID SO.
>> IT HAS TAKEN US A FAIR AMOUNT
OF TIME TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD
THIS MESSAGE.
THIS MESSAGE. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF THE OUTBREAK,
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO IMMUNIZE
OVER 8,000 PEOPLE --
>> WHO WERE NOT IMMUNIZED --
>> WE DIDN’T TOUCH EVERY SINGLE
ONE OF THEM, SOME OF THEIR
PROVIDERS, BUT I THINK THAT
MAKES THE POINT WHETHER IT’S THE
HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WHETHER IT’S
SOMEBODY’S PEDIATRICIAN OR
SOMEBODY’S GRANDMOTHER, WE NEED
EVERYBODY TO TAKE IT AS
SERIOUSLY AS WE DO.