It is a relatively common stance in the ultra-orthodox community and it was not unusual for me to see families bringing their kids to playgrounds in Brooklyn with active measles infections.

This neighborhood was notorious for its measles outbreaks before covid also. It's not disgusting, it's just very obviously a concentrated group of people that generally refuse vaccinations.

The cited article on WP ( https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/ultra-orthodox-zip-codes-have... ) notes that measles vaccination rates were around 70%, vs 99% for the rest of the state. Given the vaccine schedule, it's pretty likely that if you're a kid not vaccinated for measles, you're not vaccinated for polio either.

How is it disgusting? Because they mentioned Jews? Because they mentioned they have low vaccination rates?

> Jews do not travel to countries where VDPV2 is used

I would be interested to learn more about this statement.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are very dangerous places for a Jew to go.

Things are changing with the Abraham accords, but in general Jews do not travel to Muslim majority countries - they would be killed on sight.

OPV isn't just used in Muslim countries. Nigeria is the biggest source of cVDPV2 infections. Ghana, Chad, Niger, etc. have cases. Ukraine has cases. Even Israel has cases.

Nigeria and Chad are Muslim majority country, not someplace a Jew can go. Niger is almost 100% Muslim.

Israel is interesting: They use both IPV and OPV - IPV to prevent vaccine drived Polio, and OPV to ensure Polio eradication which IPV can't do.