Fewer Americans now view childhood vaccines as important: Gallup
Fewer Americans today consider childhood vaccines important, with 40% saying it is extremely important for parents to have their children vaccinated, down from 58% in 2019 and 64% in 2001. There has been a similar decline in the combined “extremely” and “very important” percentage, which was 94% in 2001 but sits at 69% today. GALLUP Photo
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Fewer U.S. adults today say it is important to get children vaccinated than in recent years, according to a Gallup poll published Wednesday.
In the July survey, only 40 percent of U.S. adults said it is “extremely important” for parents to vaccinate their children, a marked decline from the 58 percent who said the same in 2019 and the 64 percent who said the same in 2001.
The drop over the last two decades is similarly stark when tracking the combined percentage who said vaccinating children is either “extremely” or “very” important. Taken together, 69 percent of U.S. adults hold this view now, down from 84 percent in 2019 and from 94 percent in 2001.
The drop in perceived importance of childhood vaccinations is driven largely by Republicans and Republican-leaning independents.
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