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By Stephanie Soucheray, MA at CIDRAP 4-14-26:
Vaccine skepticism now the norm for many Americans
"A new poll today in Politico suggests that vaccine skepticism is now just as prevalent as vaccine confidence for Americans, with one-third of respondents reporting they see reducing vaccines as a core principle of the Make America Healthy Again movement.
"Overall, 46% of poll respondents said facts on vaccines are still up for debate and it is damaging to enforce their uptake. Thirty-nine percent said science on vaccines is clear and it is damaging to question it. Results were further split daily neatly down political lines, with Trump supporters the most likely to question vaccine safety and argue against vaccine mandates.
"Forty-four percent of polled adults said they believe vaccines should be mandatory for children to attend school. In a telling question, 47% of the more than 3,800 adults polled said the return of measles was not worth the risk of having personal freedom to make decisions about vaccines, compared to 39% who said it was worth the risk and preferred personal freedom over vaccine mandates.
"Of note, 49% of Republican voters said the return of vaccine-preventable diseases was a price worth paying for the ability to refuse vaccines.
"Age was a major factor in how respondents thought about the personal duty of vaccination as a tool to prevent others from illness.
"Two-thirds of adults 65 and older, who are old enough to remember a time before vaccines controlled serious childhood illnesses, said it was their duty to get vaccinated to protect others, Politico said. So did two-thirds of adults who said they voted for former Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election."
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