Dwindling Trust in Childhood Vaccines Amid Measles Outbreak
Support for measles vaccines fell to 76% from 84% in 2020 as outbreaks spread and Republicans showed the sharpest drop in trust.
- A Reuters/Ipsos poll completed Monday shows American trust in measles vaccines has declined, though a bipartisan majority still supports vaccinating children against the disease.
- The U.S. is facing its worst measles outbreaks in 35 years, with more than 3,000 confirmed infections this year across Pennsylvania, Utah, and South Carolina.
- Support for vaccine safety fell to 76% from 84% in 2020, while just 19% of Americans approve of President Donald Trump's handling of the outbreak, compared with 52% who disapprove.
- Trump signed an executive order in August reducing childhood immunizations from 17 to 11, while Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has pushed to overhaul vaccine policy.
- Kindergarten vaccination coverage dropped to 92.5% last year, falling below the 95% threshold necessary for herd immunity, as the U.S. may lose its measles elimination status later this year.
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Americans' confidence in vaccines designed to protect against deadly childhood diseases, including measles, has been declining in recent years. The findings come from a Reuters/Ipsos poll and… USA – Poll: Confidence in childhood vaccines is declining despite a 35-year record in measles cases - NAVY SHIPPING
A new Reuters/Ipsos poll on Americans' confidence in vaccines is causing concern, at the same time as measles cases are on the rise.
Americans' confidence in vaccines for potentially deadly childhood diseases, including measles, has declined in recent years, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll, a worrying development as the United States faces the worst measles outbreak in decades. The poll, which lasted four days and was completed yesterday Monday, shows that [...]
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Americans' confidence in vaccines for childhood diseases such as measles has declined, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, with 76% considering the MMR vaccine safe compared to 84% in 2020, amid a rise in measles cases.
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