CDC: Childhood Vaccination Refusals At All-Time High

NBC News reports:

The number of kids whose caregivers are opting them out of routine childhood vaccines has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of children unprotected against preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough.

“There is a rising distrust in the health care system,” said Dr. Amna Husain, a pediatrician in private practice in North Carolina, as well as a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Vaccine exemptions “have unfortunately trended upward with it.”

Forty states saw rises in exemptions. In 10 states — Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Nevada, North Dakota, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin — the exemption rate soared over 5%.

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The number of kids whose caregivers are opting them out of routine vaccines has reached an all-time high, the CDC says, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of children unprotected against preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough. https://t.co/49S7IprIf8

— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 9, 2023