1-in-6 parents reject vaccine recommendations: poll
Concerns about vaccine safety and distrust in federal health agencies lead 17% of U.S. parents to delay or skip childhood vaccines, risking outbreaks of preventable diseases.
- One in six parents reject the vaccination schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a new Washington Post-KFF poll.
- Forty-Six percent of homeschooling parents have skipped or delayed any number of vaccines, making them the most likely group to do so.
- Concerns about side effects are cited by 67% of parents who delay or skip vaccinations, according to The Washington Post.
- More than half of Republican parents trust Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to provide reliable information about vaccines, impacting their vaccination decisions.
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New poll finds staggering number of parents now reject childhood vaccines
Parents who homeschool their children are the largest demographic to delay or reject childhood vaccinations, followed by parents who are white and very religious, according to a new Washington Post-KFF poll. One in six parents now reject the vaccination schedule recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.“The poll — the most detailed recent look at the childhood vaccination practices and opinions of American parents — shows th…
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