Protective vaccination rates falling out of reach in US; exemptions hit record

Enlarge / A child getting a vaccination on February 19, 2021, in Bonn, Germany.Getty | Ute Grabowsky

For the third consecutive year, kindergartners across the US have fallen short of reaching the protective threshold of 95 percent vaccination coverage, and vaccine exemptions have reached an all-time high of 3 percent, according to a new study led by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

In the 10 years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccination coverage among US kindergartners hovered around the target of 95 percent. But amid the health crises, vaccination rates slipped to 94 percent in the

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