‘Monkey, rat and pig DNA’: Misinformation drives the measles outbreak among ultra-orthodox Jews | World News, The Indian Express

‘Monkey, rat and pig DNA’: Misinformation drives the measles outbreak among ultra-orthodox Jews | World News, The Indian Express

By New York Times |Updated: April 10, 2019 8:58:25 am

‘Monkey, rat and pig DNA’: Misinformation drives the measles outbreak among ultra-orthodox Jews

Jewish leaders say that anti-vaccine messaging spreads through grass-roots activism and has found a foothold largely because many Hasidim have limited access to the internet or rigorous scientific research

A man walks down the street in a Jewish neighborhood of Ramapo, N.Y. (Bryan Anselm/The New York Times)

Written by Tyler Pager