Show-Me Student Vaxx Decline

Local health confronts social media conspiracy impact as preventive care for youngsters seemingly suffers thanks to the strange stuff on their parents' phone . . . Check the data . . .

"The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services said roughly 9% of all public school kindergarteners in the state did not get the MMR shot to protect against measles, mumps and rubella or the polio vaccine in the 2023-2024 school year. That’s down about 5% compared to the 2019-2020, school year.

"St. Louis-area health experts attributed the drop to a variety of reasons, including vaccine weariness and autism misinformation. Dr. Fred Buckhold is a general internist with SSM Health-St Louis University Hospital."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Number of kindergarteners in Missouri getting vaccinated is dropping - Missourinet

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