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A Pediatrician And A Parent Weigh In On Drop In Child Vaccinations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting in a dip in the number of children who are getting routine vaccines during the pandemic and there's concern about what this could mean for public health. (LM Otero/AP)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting in a dip in the number of children who are getting routine vaccines during the pandemic and there's concern about what this could mean for public health. (LM Otero/AP)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting a dip in the number of children who are getting routine vaccines during the pandemic and there’s concern about what this could mean for public health.

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with Yvonne Maldonado, a professor of pediatrics at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Jessica Booth, a mother and educator who has done vaccine education outreach in the Seattle region.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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