Where vaccination rates declined the most in Illinois
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The battle against infectious diseases like the flu and measles has taken a hit with sinking vaccination rates for children in many parts of the U.S., per new data collected and analyzed by the Washington Post.
The latest: Yesterday, the Trump administration cut the number of recommended childhood vaccinations from 17 to 11 to align with what it called "consensus among peer nations."
- Senior health officials said that the changes were motivated by the declining childhood vaccination rates.
Threat level: Only 815 counties have reached the herd immunity threshold of at least 95% of their students vaccinated, the data shows.
- Cook County's vaccination rate is at 89.5%, while DuPage County is just under the threshold at 94.3%.
- The worst county for vaccination rates in our area is in Wisconsin. Kenosha County only has a rate of 69.4%.
Catch up quickly: Plunging vaccination rates contributed to a spike in measles cases, setting the U.S. up to lose its coveted elimination status for the first time in decades.