re: An anti-vaccination ‘hotspot’ near Portland declares an emergency over measles outbreak

Each parent of each of these infected kids should be charged with Oregon’s Reckless Endangering Another Person law. Each parent should also be charged with the same for ALL of the other kids that are infected.

Oregon Revised Statutes and ORS 163.195 details the crime of “Recklessly Endangering Another Person” as follows:

A person commits the crime of recklessly endangering another person if the person recklessly engages in conduct which creates a substantial risk of serious physical injury to another person. Recklessly endangering another person is a Class A misdemeanor.
Oregon criminal law has various levels of mental states, including but not limited to: intentionally, knowingly, and recklessly.

Oregon defines “reckless” conduct in ORS 161.085(9) as follows:

“Recklessly, when used with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, means that a person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard thereof constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.”

Reckless Endangering Another Person is a Class A misdemeanor in Oregon meaning that:
The maximum period of incarceration is one year in jail, the maximum period of supervision or probation that can be imposed is 5 years, and the maximum fine that can be imposed is $6,250.00.

Seems pretty cut and dry to me.