CDC reports highest childhood vaccine exemption rate ever in the U.S.
CDC reports highest childhood vaccine exemption rate ever in the U.S.
Forty states saw rises in parents citing religious or other personal concerns for not vaccinating their young children.
Forty states saw rises in parents citing religious or other personal concerns for not vaccinating their young children.
The number of kids whose caregivers are opting them out of routine childhood vaccines has reached an all-time high, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday, potentially leaving hundreds of thousands of children unprotected against preventable diseases like measles and whooping cough.
The report did not dive into the reasons for the increase, but experts said the findings clearly reflect Americans' growing unease about medicine in general.
"There is a rising distrust in the health care system," said Dr. Amna Husain, a pediatrician in private practice in North Carolina, as well as a spokesperson for the American Academy of Pediatrics. Vaccine exemptions "have unfortunately trended upward with it."
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Denying children healthcare should result in a loss of custody.
Charging for a child's health care should result in a prison sentence.
Charging for
a child'shealth care should result in a prison sentence.Most vaccines are free for people who need them
The pharmaceutical companies just give them away out of the goodness of their hearts?
They probably use their massive profits from private insurance claims to subsidize their patient assistance programs, so yes they do give them away, but not out of the goodness of their hearts.
So... actually that's not the case. They're only free at the point of sale. The government buys them. They've made money on every single one.