Childhood vaccines see decline since start of pandemic

NCPA April 18, 2022

Has COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy spurred a general reluctance to get normal childhood vaccines? Public health officials are concerned that this trend could lead to serious repercussions down the road. In Minnesota, for example, more than a third of 2-year-olds were not up to date with their vaccines in 2021. In this Politico article, a vaccine specialist says, “It’s worth all states, both in the private and public sectors, paying extreme close attention to it as well as extreme energy towards this problem, because it won’t just fix itself.”

 

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