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Vaccine Exemptions Surge, Threatening Kids | San Antonio News
Kindergarten vaccine exemptions are soaring, hitting a four percent high across 41 states — up from just two percent a decade ago — fueling a dangerous resurgence of measles, mumps, and whooping cough. Once declared eliminated in 2000, measles is now surging with nearly 2,300 cases and 48 outbreaks last year, and even more this year. Experts warn this trend creates vulnerable pockets where diseases spread easily, endangering unvaccinated kids and immunocompromised peers. While political debates swirl around vaccine policies, scientists stress no new evidence supports changes — the existing…
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