The majority of the dozens of New York City schools that had less than 90 percent of their children vaccinated for measles in the last school year were not ultra-Orthodox Jewish. Meanwhile, a look into history shows that vaccination resistance is nothing new in the U.S., and it tends to be tied tumultuous times of social upheaval and distrust in our institutions.
from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2He4Kz4
May 10, 2019
Rose
Health News, Kaiser Health News
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