Drop in routine vaccinations

Driven by an increase in vaccine exemptions and misinformation.

CDC released the latest vaccine exemptions and routine vaccination rates data for last school year. This, coupled with new data on growing acceptance of vaccine misinformation, shows a slow, painful bleed.

Here’s the data story.

Routine vaccinations decline

A few years ago, rates of routine vaccines (i.e., DTaP, measles, mumps, rubella, and polio) began …