April 18, 2022
In 2021, vaccination of infants massively decreased in Florida due to “vaccine hesitancy”. Along with decrease in childhood vaccinations, all cause infant mortality also massively decreased, in a perfect lockstep! Some parents rejected vaccines for their newborns in 2021 causing childhood vaccinations to decrease from 93.4% down to 79.3%. During the same time, all cause infant mortality under 1 year of age in Florida also decreased by 8.93%. Decrease in infant mortality happened as deaths of other age groups increased significantly. A 14% increase in the rejection of vaccines for newborns appears to be associated with 9% reduction in infant mortality.
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