As Kennedy testifies in entrance of senators on main vaccine modifications at HHS, polls present most Individuals assist vaccine necessities.
Most U.S. adults — 79% — say dad and mom ought to be required to have youngsters vaccinated in opposition to ailments like measles, mumps and rubella to attend faculty, in response to a June ballot from the Harvard T.H. Chan Faculty of Public Well being.
That determine consists of 72% of all dad and mom, 90% of Democrats and 68% of Republicans surveyed.
Moreover, 81% of fogeys throughout all political backgrounds mentioned they consider public faculties ought to require measles and polio vaccines for college students, permitting for some well being and spiritual exceptions, in response to a current Kaiser Household Basis and Washington Submit ballot of fogeys and guardians of youngsters below 18 years outdated surveyed in July and August.
What’s extra, a Reuters/Ipsos ballot from August discovered that 55% of Individuals say the nation’s public well being goes within the flawed monitor, with 29% saying it is getting into the proper route.
-ABC Information’ Dan Merkle, Oren Oppenheim and Benjamin Siegel
