Childhood Vaccination Rates Declining Across Parts of America

Child vaccination rates have dropped since the COVID-19 pandemic. While the mainstream media have heavily promoted the success of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, a confluence of factors and forces converge to actually increase vaccine hesitancy as the pandemic has come and gone.&nbsp;For example, recently, a local Michigan ABC affiliate reported on public health data from Berrien County southwestern Michigan on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan. There, the Berrien County Health Department reports the childhood vaccination rate dropped for the second year in a row.&nbsp;Popular wisdom suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is the reason behind general declines in childhood vaccination rates across parts of America. But did the pandemic and its disruptions and corresponding vaccine hesitancy trigger a decline? Some researchers suggest a need for greater harmonization of state health policies.
ABC 57  reports that 92% of the county&rsquo;s K-12 students were fully vaccinated by March of 2023. This figure falls short of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) minimum target of 95%.&nbsp;