Facts & Figures: After Outbreaks, Vaccine Support Rises

A new poll, conducted after outbreaks of measles and whooping cough in several states, found that about a third of parents see more benefit in vaccines than they did a year ago, and a similar percentage are more supportive of requiring vaccines for school admission.

Via C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health:

“Compared to one year ago, one-third of parents (34%) believe vaccines have more benefit, 61% say they have about the same benefit and 5% of parents think vaccines have less benefit.

With regard to vaccine safety, one-quarter of parents (25%) believe vaccines are safer than they believed one year ago, 68% say their perceptions of vaccine safety have stayed the same and 7% of parents believe that vaccines are less safe than they believed one year ago. […]

Compared with one year ago, 35% of parents more strongly support vaccination requirements for daycare and school entry, while 6% are less supportive and 59% say their support has not changed.”