Kindergarten vaccination rates trend downward as Ohio public health officials deal with the fallout and fight back
The national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said national vaccine rates for young children are down for the third year in a row, and Ohio public health officials paint a similar picture locally.
The national numbers from 2021-22 showed a nearly 4% increase in children who weren’t caught up on their MMR vaccine, but didn’t claim an exemption to the vaccines. Local public health officials have been working to encourage parents to get back on schedule with vaccinations, to avoid bigger societal implications.
Vaccinations are important for children so they can build immunity with little risk of major sickness, and medical professionals who are treating kids know how impactful a sickness like whooping cough can be. Health departments across the state are working on “multi-pronged” strategies as they staff clinics for“We’ve been vaccinating for decades for these diseases and it’s proven that those vaccines stave off diseases for those kids,” said Dr. Eric Zgodzinski, health commissioner for the Toledo-Lucas County Health Department. “As we start seeing COVID kind of in the rearview mirror, there’s other diseases that we need to remember are around.
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