Vaccination rates are declining; they might get worse as states relax rules

Vaccination rates are declining; they might get worse as states relax rules

More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas.

Vaccination rates are declining. They might get worse as states relax rules. • South Dakota Searchlight

A nurse administers a measles, mumps and rubella virus vaccine made by Merck at the Utah County Health Department on April 29, 2019, in Provo, Utah. (George Frey/Getty Images)More states are loosening vaccine mandates, scaling back vaccine promotion efforts and taking other steps likely to lower vaccination rates — even as a major measles outbreak spreads in Texas. Meanwhile, public health experts worry that the confirmation of vaccine skeptic R…

Vaccination rates are declining. They might get worse as states relax rules

More states are loosening vaccine mandates and scaling back campaigns to get people immunized.