Measles; Medical Aid in Dying Act
Thursday, May 15th
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The Community Board 7 Education, Health & Human Services Committee will meet in person and online on Thursday, May 15th, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The meeting is open to the public.
The two items on the agenda are
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Presentation on measles from the Department of Health & Mental Hygiene
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Presentation on the Medical Aid in Dying Act (A136/S138)
MEASLES
A few cases of measles, a highly contagious infectious disease that is preventable, have been confirmed in New York City and New York State. In other states, hundreds of cases have been confirmed.
From Scientific American:
A long-running nationwide brainwashing campaign, conducted in plain sight, now comes to its deadly culmination. We are now at risk of a preventable, dangerous disease becoming endemic once more within a generation.A terrifically infectious disease, measles requires roughly 95 percent of people being vaccinated to stop its spread, and the U.S. has been below that since 2022.One quarter of the 1,380 people surveyed believe the false notion that the measles vaccine causes autism. Some 19 percent mistakenly believe the vaccine is more dangerous than the deadly virus it prevents. That’s simply untrue.
MEDICAL AID IN DYING ACT
The Medical Aid in Dying Act is
An act to amend the public health law, in relation to a terminally ill patient's request for and use of medication for medical aid in dying
PURPOSE:
To provide that a mentally competent, terminally ill patient may request medication to be self-administered for the purpose of hastening the patient's death provided the requirements set forth in the act are met, and to provide certain protection and immunities to health care providers and other persons, including a physician who prescribes medication in compliance with the provisions of the article to the terminally ill patient to be self-administered by the patient.
Attend the meeting in person or attend via Zoom. Register for Zoom at
https://bit.ly/4k6NNWC.
The meeting can also be viewed on the CB 7's YouTube channel at
https://bit.ly/3uQlAtq.
Location
Community Board 7 Office
4201 4th Avenue
entrance on 43rd Street
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
phone: (718) 854-0003
fax: (718) 436-1142
bk07@cb.nyc.gov
