As autism rates rise, the vaccination debate rages on
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According to Pew, millennials and conservatives have less confidence in vaccines than their elderly and liberal counterparts. Specifically, 90 percent of liberals believe vaccines should be required to attend school compared to 73 percent for conservatives.
Those numbers almost mirror to the split between 18-29-year-olds (77%) and those who are 65-older (90%). Across four age groups, vaccine confidence skews higher as respondents got older.
Jacobson says he isn't surprised by the split by age groups, noting many in the older generation actually saw the impacts of diseases that have been wiped out by vaccines.
"Frankly, vaccines are their own worst enemy," Jacobson said. "By eliminating these diseases, these (younger) people have no idea these are all about."
Though 88 percent of Americans consider the health benefits outweigh the risks for the MMR vaccine, rates fall precipitously among those with low science knowledge (55%), personal income less than $30,000 (60%), and an education of high school or less (61%).
Race was also a critical factor for the same question. Whites had the highest confidence level at 79 percent, while Hispanics came in at 61 percent and African-Americans sat at just 56 percent.
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09 Apr 2017, 2:10 am
