Gaps in Vaccine Coverage Shrinking
According to the CDC, the gaps in U.S. kids vaccine coverage are shrinking:
Vaccine coverage in 2000 ranged from 47 percent for children treated by public providers to nearly 60 percent for only children. In 2008, 72 percent of children with public providers were fully immunized, as were nearly 81 percent of only children.
The report does mention that children with siblings are less likely to be vaccinated than families with only one child. This seems rather sad. I know second, third and fourth (and so on, in the case of the Duggars) usually don’t have as many photos or mementos as the first born. However, it’s a little sad that preventative medicine falls under this category, too.
Anyway, it’s encouraging news. Let’s keep fighting the vaccine woo and get to 100%.
