Whooping cough cases soar as vaccination rates drop
www.nbcnews.com
In an NBC News data investigation of 31 states, about 70% of counties and jurisdictions fell below the target vaccination rate needed for community protection.

Jesus Christ we really are reverting to the early industrial revolution aren’t we?

What next, cholera? Consumption? Little orphan boys cleaning chimneys?

  • Beaver [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 months ago

    No religious exemptions, and very strict medical exemptions for children going into any school receiving state funding. It’s atypically strict by US standards, and so has some of the highest vaccination rates. Not sure why it ended up that way, must be a historical fluke from a time when vaccines were not a controversial political issue.