Growing vaccine hesitancy fuels measles, chickenpox resurgence in U.S.

[iemanja]

A rapidly growing measles outbreak in Columbus, Ohio — largely involving unvaccinated children — is fueling concerns among health officials that more parent resistance to routine childhood immunizations will intensify a resurgence of vaccine-preventable diseases. . .

More than a third of parents with children under 18 — and 28 percent of all adults — now say parents should be able to decide not to vaccinate their children for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) to attend public schools, even if remaining unvaccinated may create health risks for others, according to new polling by the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health-care research nonprofit.

Public sentiments against vaccine mandates have grown significantly since the pandemic, said Jen Kates, a Kaiser senior vice president. A 2019 poll by the Pew Research Center found that less than a quarter of parents — and 16 percent of all adults — opposed school vaccination requirements.

The growing opposition stems largely from shifts among people who identify as or lean Republican, the Kaiser survey found, with 44 percent saying parents should be able to opt out of those childhood vaccines — more than double the 20 percent who felt that way in 2019.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/12/26/vaccine-hesitancy-measles-chickenpox-polio-flu/

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[sinkingfeeling]

1. The non-science believers continue to grow and should be

isolated from others.

[dchill]

2. "...even if remaining unvaccinated may create health risks for others..."

How very Conservative! Christian, too!

[Meowmee]

3. I knew it would get worse after covid

So many looneys here and they are not all on the right.

[Deuxcents]

4. Back in the last century...we couldn't enroll in school w/o our shots..

I remember we got some shots in school..why is this not enforced today...o, wait..freedom to have control of their bodies and infect others. How silly of me. I’m glad we were so oppressed when I was a kid and parents wanted to keep us safe n healthy.

[iemanja]

5. Freedom to wipe out a good portion of the population

which is exactly what the GOP wants.

[Captain Zero]

7. family of 10 yo free to decide vaccinations, but not

whether the 10 yo can have an abortion after a rape.

'Murica! First!

[Rhiannon12866]

6. My friend returned to college a few years back, she had to get the MMR before she could go to class

Isn't that true for all schools? If not, it should be!

[GB_RN]

10. Every State School - And Most Private Schools Have Vaccination Requirements.

If not because they're looking out for the students' health, it's because they're looking to cover their asses legally. The first time a kid dies on campus from contracting bacterial meningitis due to an outbreak that could have been prevented by the kids being vaccinated - and weren't - there would be a massive lawsuit against that school. Count on that.

No sane school administrators are going to drop vaccine requirements for Polio, MMR, Hepatitis A & B, Tetanus, Diphtheria & Pertusis (TDaP injection), and Chicken Pox. Most schools now also require proof of a COVID vaccination and booster, too.

The big problem is that these parents are too far removed from the actual diseases. It was their parents, or maybe their grandparents who were last affected by any of these diseases - not realizing that's because the intervening generations had the fucking vaccines!! Seriously, I've actually had some of these morons tell me that they never got sick from these things. 🤦‍♂️ I wanted to yell at them that the reason they never got anything beyond maybe chicken pox, is because they were vaccinated! I mean, DUH!!

These living examples of the Dunning-Kruger Effect would do us all a favor if they just. Dropped. Dead.

[Rhiannon12866]

13. I remember getting vaccines right IN school, both in elementary and high school

Don't ask me what they were, but we went to the school nurse to get them.

[GB_RN]

8. If It Wasn't For The Fact That They're Adversely Affecting Their Kids...

And I mean affecting them in majorly, stupendously, utterly stupid ways (we're talking beyond Dunning-Kruger here), I'd be cheering on the Darwin Award winners. But the poor kids don't have a choice in the parents' insanity and stupidity.

As a nurse, I just have to shake my head and say, "Goddamn stupid motherf***ers."

I hate 'em all.

[littlemissmartypants]

9. Me, too!

Children have no agency and are victims of their idiotic, sociopath parents. I think the kids should be removed from these homes on the basis of abuse/neglect.

If you are interested there’s a book on the subject entitled CHILDISM written by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl which was published after her death. ❤️

[GB_RN]

12. Thanks.

I'll check that out.

[littlemissmartypants]

11. ❤️

[Waterguy]

14. the narratives get so messed up

vaccines save lives
and before you know it
they are somehow saying
guns save lives

[Buckeyeblue]

15. I think it's child neglect/abuse if parents don't vaccinate

It's beyond stupid that we would allow these preventable diseases to become mainstream again.

[CCExile]

16. Nature's (cruel) way of thinning the herd, known popularly as "science denial", of those we have

allowed over-breed by religion.

[DallasNE]

17. The Problem Will Spread - With Deadly Consequences

What is the difference between taking a shot to prevent rubella and taking a shot to manage diabetes? This can't end well.

[peggysue2]

18. Hummmm . . .

What about polio? Or diphtheria, tetanus and whooping cough? Can we expect arguments for any and all vaccinations in the near future?

Vaccination is one of the huge leaps forward in medical science/public health preventing thousands and thousands of deaths and damage in young children.

Or are we going to need mountains of body bags to convince people that reverting to 'natural immunity' is not good enough.

This. Is. Insane.