https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/idaho-has-worst-child-vaccine-opt-out-rate-in-us/article_3de847ba-a411-11ee-8ac6-4ffa928844e7.html

https://archive.is/zfijb

When Idaho had a rare measles outbreak a few months ago, health officials scrambled to keep it from spreading. In the end, 10 people, all in one family, were infected, all unvaccinated.

This time, the state was lucky, said the region’s medical director Dr. Perry Jansen. The family quickly quarantined and the children were already taught at home. The outbreak could have been worse if the kids were in public school, given the state’s low vaccination rates, he said.

did you catch that, you ignorant plebs?

if you don't vaccinate your family, someone in your family will spontaneously develop a measles infection and get everyone else sick, and then make everyone at school sick too.

Last school year, vaccination waivers among kindergartners hit an all-time high: 3% in total, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report. Waivers for religious or personal beliefs have been on the rise, driven by some states loosening laws, in others by vaccine misinformation and political rhetoric amplified during the COVID-19 pandemic.

isn't it weird how vague they are about vaccine misinformation"? you would think they would want to identify specific examples of misinformation, and try to offer up a compelling counter-narrative, but the fact that they don't want to do that, suggests to me that they know their "vaccine misinformation" narrative is itself misinformation.

there couldn't possibly be any legitimate reason for anyone to opt-out of any vaccine.

also, if people are given more of a choice, and then they opt out, doesn't that suggest that a lot of people in other states are coerced into taking vaccines they don't want?

"informed consent" isn't something that vaccine quacks want to have a discussion about...

It takes a very high level of vaccination — around 95% — to protect against the spread of measles and other diseases, experts say. During the pandemic, the national rate for vaccinations among kindergartners dropped to 93%.

that 95% number is completely made up.

herd immunity is something that happens naturally. vaccine quacks hijacked the concept and now take credit for it.

It’s impossible to know the reasons behind a waiver, said Ronald Balajadia, immunization program manager for Hawaii State Department of Health. But misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines “has bled through to routine vaccines" that people wouldn't normally question, Balajadia said.

oh yeah? what misinformation would that be? be specific. and refute it.

The state is still working to get more parents on board by answering their questions "and not just dismiss them. It’s our best shot at trying to bring people along,” said Dr. Manisha Juthani, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health.

Gee, what a weird thing to say...

never mind that they still won't take your concerns seriously, and just give you some cookie-cutter bullshit that they were told to say, and they will never put any of their own thought into the discussion.

Dr. Angela Highbaugh-Battle has cared for kids in rural Georgia for 17 years, now in the small coastal community of St. Mary’s. She said she spends more time now talking to parents wary about routine childhood vaccines.

Every connection, every conversation, is a chance to educate, she said.

“It’s not about winning or losing,” she said.

let me guess... this doctor has zero intention of actually listening to anything you have to say, and instead is highly intent on "educating" your dumb ass...

arrogance and ignorance go hand in hand.