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posted by chromas on Friday October 12 2018, @04:20AM   Printer-friendly
from the vax>x86 dept.

A small but increasing number of children in the United States are not getting some or all of their recommended vaccinations. The percentage of children under 2 years old who haven't received any vaccinations has quadrupled in the last 17 years, according to federal health data released Thursday.

Overall, immunization rates remain high and haven't changed much at the national level. But a pair of reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about immunizations for preschoolers and kindergartners highlights a growing concern among health officials and clinicians about children who aren't getting the necessary protection against vaccine-preventable diseases, such as measles, whooping cough and other pediatric infectious diseases.

The vast majority of parents across the country vaccinate their children and follow recommended schedules for this basic preventive practice. But the recent upswing in vaccine skepticism and outright refusal to vaccinate has spawned communities of undervaccinated children who are more susceptible to disease and pose health risks to the broader public.

[...] The data underlying the latest reports do not explain the reason for the increase in unvaccinated children. In some cases, parents hesitate or refuse to immunize, officials and experts said. Insurance coverage and an urban-rural disparity are likely other reasons for the troubling rise.

Among children aged 19 months to 35 months in rural areas, about 2 percent received no vaccinations in 2017. That is double the number of unvaccinated children living in urban areas.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/percentage-of-young-us-children-who-dont-receive-any-vaccines-has-quadrupled-since-2001/2018/10/11/4a9cca98-cd0d-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html?utm_term=.3db2620fea5d


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 12 2018, @06:57PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 12 2018, @06:57PM (#748005)

    whatever. maybe it's the pesticides. the rate of autism is exploding in such a fashion that it is highly alarming (don't even try to quote big pharma propagandists or their minions in 'government' for the numbers) and until these drug/chemical dealers are held accountable by The People you can't blame some for making their best guesses as to the culprit. these industries are (likely knowingly) making vegetables out of the whole nations' children. 1-2% of the parents are responsible enough to do something about it and the whores of power want to send the pigs in. good luck with that.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Reziac on Saturday October 13 2018, @03:48AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Saturday October 13 2018, @03:48AM (#748168) Homepage

    No, the rate of *diagnosis of autism* is rising, which isn't the same thing. This may be due to more actual autism (possible if we're seeing self-selection for carrier mates), or previously undiagnosed cases now getting diagnosed, or "now that we have a hammer, everything looks like a nail".

    And it's also become highly fashionable among the Silicon Valley set, as a form of victimhood by proxy.

    If it's environmental due to heavy metals or whatever, explain why China, presently drowning in its own pollutants, isn't the world hotbed for autism.

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    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.