Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement AdvertisementWhen asked about the declining vaccination rates, Health and Human Services spokesman Andrew Nixon emphasized Kennedy’s focus on personal choice and opposition to mandates. In Maine, Alabama and Connecticut, vaccination rates went up since the pandemic. But she said her sons are vaccinated, adding that the low vaccination rates worry her, she said. The CDC’s reported vaccination rates are based on a survey of a representative sample of schools in each state. County-level or school-level kindergarten vaccination rates were considered to be below herd immunity if they were less than 95 percent.

Source: Washington Post December 31, 2025 21:35 UTC