A new poll from the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) found that “fewer Americans are willing [to] recommend their family member receive the [MMR] vaccine” compared to last year. CIDRAP has the news.
An APPC poll from last year showed that “90% of those polled recommended the MMR vaccine; now that proportion is 86%.” There were also significant declines in the likelihood of recommending HPV and polio vaccines.
About 83% of the respondents said “they believed the MMR vaccine was safe, a drop of five percentage points since 2022.” APPC surveys also show a “significant decline in the perceived effectiveness of the MMR vaccine.” The perception of safety of the vaccine “compared to getting the virus it prevents” remained unchanged, however. The U.S. will likely see “2,000 measles cases before 2025 comes to an end.”
South Carolina, one of the epicenters of measles cases due to an outbreak in the Upstate region, now reports 147 measles cases.
