Children’s rates of vaccination in this country are at a record low, according to a Thursday report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The report disclosed the number of American kindergarten students who started the 2022-2023 school year with an exemption from at least one of the following four state-required childhood vaccines:
Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR)
Diphtheria, tetanus and acellular pertussis vaccine (DTaP)
Poliovirus (polio) vaccine
Varicella vaccine (protects against chickenpox)
