MSSNY Calls on NYS Legislators to Authorize ONLY Medical Exemptions from Vaccination


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MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
865 Merrick Avenue, Westbury, New York 11590-9007
www.mssny.org
Communications Division
Telephone: (516) 488-6100

 

For Immediate Release
May 6, 2019

MSSNY Calls on NYS Legislators to Authorize ONLY Medical Exemptions from Vaccination

Statement attributable to:
Art Fougner, MD,
President, Medical Society of the State of New York

“Today, the Medical Society of the State of New York joins with 25 medical and public health organizations, and patient advocacy groups asking our NYS legislators to authorize ONLY medical exemptions from vaccination.  Once declared eliminated in the United States by the CDC, measles are now making a comeback. We must do everything that we can to prevent measles from gaining a permanent foothold in New York and prevent the further spread of disease nationally.  An important first step is ensuring that medical exemptions are the only exemption allowable.   We must preserve community immunity in order to protect society—especially our most vulnerable, the newborn, pregnant women, the immune-compromised, and those with cancer.”

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MSSNY Contact:
Roseann Raia
Communications / Marketing
Medical Society of the State of New York
865 Merrick Ave.
Westbury, New York
516-488-6100 ext 302
rraia@mssny.org

About the Medical Society of the State of New York
Founded in 1807, the Medical Society of the State of New York is the state’s principal non-profit professional organization for physicians, residents and medical students of all specialties. Its mission is to represent the interests of patients and physicians to assure quality healthcare services for all.

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