Despite being entirely healthy, a federal judge handed down a decision this week that denied healthy children entry into school based on the sole factor of being unvaccinated. The judge cited an "unprecedented measles outbreak" for his decision to ban unvaccinated children from school.

"The plaintiffs have not demonstrated that public interest weighs in favor of granting an injunction," U.S. District Court Judge Vincent Briccetti said in federal court this week.

After the judge's ruling in the courtroom, parents of the children—who are now being treated as 21st century lepers—embraced each other in disappointment and shame.