With the height of the vaccination season nearly behind us, The Pew Research Center offers some assurance to those concerned about contact with non-vaccinated citizens.
Pew undertook a large-size study following news stories about a measles outbreak in the U.S., and found that the vast public majority — 83 percent —says vaccines for diseases such as measles, mumps and rubella are safe for healthy children. Meantime, less than 9 percent said such vaccines weren't safe. Another 7 percent were undecided.
The study revealed that Republicans are slightly more inclined toward vaccination than Democrats (89 percent vs. 87 percent) and that the majority of those opposed to it were in lower income brackets. White people are more supportive than people of color — but again every demographics represented in the survey was strongly supportive.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
