Last year, 3.3% of kindergartners were exempt from one or more vaccines.
Vaccination rates among U.S. kindergartners for the 2023-24 school year fell slightly from the previous year asfrom the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed how many children met school requirements for the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine; the diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine; the poliovirus vaccine; and the varicella vaccine.
The data showed that coverage with the MMR, DTaP, polio and chickenpox vaccines decreased in more than 30 states compared to the prior year."Unfortunately, these are very shocking and concerning, but unfortunately not surprising given the climate of misinformation and vaccine hesitancy that we exist in," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation officer at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor.
Exemptions increased in 40 states and Washington, D.C., with 14 states reporting exemptions exceeding 5%, according to the CDC.
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