Question

Th main incident setting off the current measles outbreak in New York city, and those elsewhere, was:

A. The Anti-vaxxer movement's propaganda on social media and television since the 1940s

B. Wakefield's serious breach of medical ethics towards pediatric patients with disabilities.

C. Orthodox Judaism avoids all medical interventions since they rely on God to heal them

D.The money the hospital stood to gain from parents suing the makers of the polio vaccine.

Answer 1

Answer) option c) is correct. The measles outbreak in New York City was set off by the incident of Orthodox Judaism which avoids the vaccination of children against measles in regards with some misinformation and then the affected children attended schools and other public places which became the main cause of spreading this disease in a larger population.