About 1 in 6 parents have opted to skip or delay vaccinating their children for diseases other than the flu or COVID-19, a new poll from The Washington Post and the health policy nonprofit KFF found.
According to the survey, 16% of parents have decided against childhood vaccinations for their kids. Parents who are white, Republican, religious, and homeschooling their children were more likely to decline to vaccinate, according to the poll’s findings.
Among those parents who homeschool, 46% said they skipped some shots for their kids, while 36% of those who consider themselves very religious said the same.
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