Measles — United States
“Federal health officials attribute 2019’s outbreak to parents who refuse to vaccinate their children…” This concerns me.
Reports blaming vaccine hesitancy for low uptake may help drive understanding of how to address vaccine hesitancy. But they have adverse consequences: they make it easier for people to blame vaccine hesitancy when they should be blaming inadequate vaccination services (and funding better services); and, for those people who are hesitant, it may also validate their
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