The Muslims in Africa (and the communists) have for years pushed the idea that any vaccination is a plot by the white race to kill them. Vaccines aren’t readily accepted. That’s not Trump’s fault.
If they are so worried all they have to do is ask China for more money
not a hint in the following that the State Governors are to blame:
23 Apr: NYT: Vaccine Rates Drop Dangerously as Parents Avoid Doctor’s Visits
Afraid of Covid-19, parents are postponing well-child checkups, including shots, putting millions of children at risk of exposure to preventable deadly diseases.
By Jan Hoffman
PCC, a pediatric electronic health records company, gathered vaccine information from 1,000 independent pediatricians nationwide. Using the week of February 16 as a pre-coronavirus baseline, PCC found that during the week of April 5, the administration of measles, mumps and rubella shots dropped by 50 percent; diphtheria and whooping cough shots by 42 percent; and HPV vaccines by 73 percent...
Though many doctors note that vaccine-preventable diseases can be more deadly to children than Covid-19 seems to be, parents are understandably focused on the threat at hand. Over the last six weeks, the loud, consistent public message has been to keep children at home, and to take them to the doctor only if necessary...
In the early weeks of the shelter-in-place orders, doctors concentrated efforts on vaccinating infants up to 2 years old, and waved off the disruption to the schedule for older children as temporary, saying it could readily be addressed once the restrictions lifted. But the longer that the orders continue, the more worried doctors have also become about vaccine protection for older children...
Many doctors already report that the backlog from canceled appointments for younger children is staggering...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/health/coronavirus-measles-vaccines.html