INTENSIVE CARE. 
>>> TURNING NOW TO THE MEASLES 
OUTBREAK ACROSS NEW YORK 
STATE, IN AN AGGRESSIVE MOVE 
IN ALBANY, THE GOVERNOR IS 
ELIMINATING RELIGIOUS 
EXEMPTIONS.  
NOW OPPONENTS ARE REACTING TO 
THE LAW THAT IS NOW IN EFFECT. 
DIANA ROCCO IS LIVE IN 
WILLIAMSBURG WITH THE STORY. 
>> REPORTER:  GOOD MORNING.  
THIS LOT IS EFFECTIVE 
IMMEDIATELY UPON THE GOVERNOR 
SIGNING IT YESTERDAY.  
LAWMAKERS CALLING WILLIAMSBURG 
THE EPICENTER FOR THE WORST 
OUTBREAK THIS COUNTRY HAS SEEN 
IN DECADES. 
TWO YESHIVAS WILL REMAIN 
CLOSED UNTIL THEY CAN PROVE 
THAT ALL STUDENTS AND STAFF 
HAVE HAD PROPER VACCINATIONS.  
THEY WERE CLOSED BY THE HEALTH 
DEPARTMENT YESTERDAY.  
THERE HAVE BEEN 588 CASES OF 
THE MEASLES IN NEW YORK CITY 
SINCE LAST OCTOBER.   
75% OF THOSE IN WILLIAMSBURG.  
IN APRIL THE CITY ORDERED 
EVERYONE ATTENDING THESE 
SCHOOLS HAVE VACCINATIONS FOR 
MEASLES.  
THEY ARE STILL NOT SATISFIED 
THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS HAVE 
BEEN MET.  
YESTERDAY THE GOVERNOR SIGNED 
THE LAW THAT WOULD BEAR 
RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS AS A 
REASON FOR NOT IMMUNIZING, 
WHICH HAS SPARKED PROTESTS IN 
ALBANY FROM RELIGIOUS GROUPS 
WHO SAY THIS VIOLATES THE 
PRINCIPLE OF THE UNITED 
STATES. 
>> I HEARD THE THEORY, BUT, I 
BELIEVE BOTH ARE OVERWHELMED 
BY THE PUBLIC HEALTH RISK. 
>> IN THE ROCKLAND COUNTY WE 
HAVE 266 CONFIRMED CASES.  
THAT MEANS PARENTS ARE LIVING 
IN FEAR.
>> REPORTER:  THESE SCHOOLS 
WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL THEY 
CAN PROVE THAT ALL OF THE 
STUDENTS AND STAFF
