The measure, which removes religious and philosophical exemptions for childhood vaccines, will take effect next fall.
at preventing a plethora of illnesses including measles, mumps, whooping cough and polio. A 95% vaccination rate, however, is required to achieve “herd immunity” within a community and to prevent disease outbreaks.
In Maine, vaccination rates for many diseases have fallen below that critical threshold. According to NPR,in the state are unvaccinated because of nonmedical exemptions — a rate more than twice the national average. Maine has the country’s second-highest rate of whooping cough, NPR noted. Doctors in the state have also expressed concerns about potential measles outbreaks.this week that she supported the new vaccine law because she’d witnessed firsthand “the impact of unvaccinated children in school.”
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