US vaccination rates fall again as exemptions continue to rise, CDC data shows
Vaccination rates have been slipping since the 2019–2020 school year, when the US had obtained rates of around 95 percent, the threshold needed to keep outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases from spreading in communities. The latest data shows the US is moving further away from that target.
Nationally, only 92.4 percent of kindergartners were vaccinated with the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine in the 2025–2026 school year, down from 92.5 percent last year. Coverage with the DTaP vaccine, which covers diphtheria, tetanus, and acellular pertussis (whooping cough), similarly fell from 92.1 percent to 92.0 percent.
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Whooping cough sucks. I've had it. Not vaccinating your kids is incredibly fucked up
Next plague will be coming from the USA
Considering measles' comeback, it's almost certain.
No, it will come from China again as long as they allow wet markets, but the US will be a hub of spread, like 2019.
Maybe it's just time to let the idiots cull themselves.
Except if vaccination numbers fall it hurts everyone.
I'm referring to the 2/3rds who vote Trump or don't vote at all.
-if
Not everyone who wants to can safely receive vaccinations.