Posted on 01/24/2025 4:53:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
Hesitancy over the COVID-19 vaccine is leading some parents to skip important vaccinations for their children.
Young children of parents who declined the COVID vaccine are about 25% less likely to get the standard measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) vaccine, researchers reported in a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health.
Public health officials are worried that a decline in vaccine coverage will cause an increase in highly contagious childhood diseases like measles.
Last year, 16 measles outbreaks were reported, compared with four outbreaks reported in 2023, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
"In the United States, we are experiencing a concerning resurgence of childhood vaccine-preventable diseases," researcher Dr. Ben Rader, a computational epidemiologist with Boston Children's Hospital, said in a news release.
"Our research suggests that COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy has fueled increasing MMR vaccine hesitancy, leaving children more vulnerable to highly contagious and life-threatening illnesses like measles," he added.
For the study, researchers analyzed responses from nearly 20,000 parents of children younger than 5 to a digital health survey conducted from July 2023 to April 2024.
Children of parents who got at least one COVID jab had higher MMR vaccination rates—nearly 81%, compared to just under 61% for children of unvaccinated parents, researchers found.
Politics also played a role in childhood vaccinations. Republican parents were 27% less likely to have their kids get the MMR vaccine than Democratic parents.
"Our research highlights the link between parental characteristics and MMR vaccine uptake, showing how pandemic-related hesitancy may affect other routine vaccines," lead researcher Eric Zhou, a pediatrics instructor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, said in a news release.
Overall, MMR vaccination rates were higher in the Midwest and Northeast than in the South or West.
Parents on Medicare or Medicaid were about 15% less likely to have their kids get the MMR jab than parents with private insurance, results show.
"Addressing these disparities, through equitable access and fostering trust and transparency in vaccine safety, is key to protecting children from preventable diseases like measles," Zhou concludes.
More information: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has more on measles outbreaks.
Eric Geng Zhou et al, Parental Factors Associated With Measles–Mumps–Rubella Vaccination in US Children Younger Than 5 Years, American Journal of Public Health (2025). DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307912
Journal information: American Journal of Public Health
Like you I stopped my annual flu shot too. I don’t trust them any more.
Spare me your outrage.
mRNA vaccines weren’t proven.
Overwhelming a child’s autoimmune state is never a great thing.
Parents may be afraid the routine vaxes have been altered. Nobody much trusts big pharma, government or docs anymore.
Because measles is a fast moving virus and in severe cases causes blindness and deafness
Why wouldn’t vaccine hesitancy reduce vaccinations?
You idiots are the ones marching to Fauchi's drum, marching the entire medical community over a cliff.
And now you're worried that no one trusts you? Really?
Vaccine? I can't think of anything that would convince me to let any one of you people stick a needle in my arm.
Good! I had all of the child hood disease back in the day. I Didn’t have any vaccines and survived the rest of my life with no vaccines and alass! I’ve only lived to 91 so far. Walked a mile today in the cold snow. Guess I should take extra VitC.
Childhood vaccines contain aluminum, which is not a heavy metal. I don’t think I’d want my baby injected with aluminum, but maybe it’s just me. Some vaccines contain mercury, but I don’t think it’s injected into little babies any more, only adults or those children whose parents make them get the flu shot. Childhood vaccines also contain aborted fetal cells, bovine serum albumim, and an antibiotic, among other ingredients. Yummy. But never fear. These are just trace amounts and can’t hurt the little ones. The contents of these vaccines are perfectly safe and effective.
There’s a big lawsuit going on right now against the maker of the HPV vax. It just got through the preliminaries (defendant trying to get it thrown out). It’s now going forward.
Personally I’d avoid the HPV vax like the plague. Side effect-wise it’s one of the worst vaccines out there. They don’t even really know if HPV causes cervical cancer. haha! Since the roll-out of the HPV vaccine, cervical cancer rates have not gone down. Oh, and if it even works, it only lasts about 10 years. Your children are precious. They’re worth a little research.
Start with this article for more info: https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/the-hpv-vaccine-disaster-was-a-test
Surprise wide spread lying to people by the Medical Establishment has lead people to stop trusting the Medical Establishment
It is not “hesitancy”.
It is hostility.
You'd have to be a very ignorant fool to get poked today.
To vaxxxxxxinate your children, that description changes to you would have to be an absolute idiot to let the psychos do that.
My dog no longee gets her vaccines either.
Say no!
Bobby will reign them in.
Part of the reluctance may be due to reports that some doctors and pharmacies are including CV19 serum in normal flu vaccinations. I asked my PA about that and he said that office keeps the shots separate. However not all places do that.
Because polio exists because the German measles exist eating healthy & antibiotics alone just don’t get the job done.
It’s called Crying Wolf. We have seen the experts, they are the Wizard Of Oz bumbling midget.
I never had any. I did get all the “childhood” diseases but I survived.
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/merck-california-jury-historic-gardasil-hpv-vaccine-trial/
Merck to Face California Jury as ‘Historic’ Gardasil HPV Vaccine Trial Gets Under Way
Jennifer Robi, confined to a wheelchair since age 16 after receiving three doses of the Gardasil HPV vaccine, will face off against Merck in Los Angeles. Robi, who sued Merck in 2016, has already won several key pretrial motions. Children’s Health Defense is supporting the case.
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