Washington state is in many ways a great place to live and raise our children. But one aspect of life here could suddenly make our state more dangerous than others for kids : unvaccinated children.
Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provided the latest state performance rankings with childhood immunizations. The State of Washington had the highest percentage of kids who have been admitted to kindergarten with an immunization exemption; that means that we have a lot of kids in this state who are missing one or more immunizations either because of religious or philosophical objection. Increasingly, pediatricians and family physicians in our state are recognizing that many more parents are delaying or refusing one or more vaccines for their child. Scientific studies that track parental opinion confirm this. Continue reading ‘Reducing vaccine hesitancy’
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