Vaccine Paralysis: The Unsettling Decline of Childhood Immunizations The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest figures on kindergarten vaccination rates in the United States paint a dire picture: despite overwhelming scientific consensus on vaccine efficacy, more children are going unvaccinated.
According to CDC data, the national vaccination rate has continued to decline during the 2025 2026 school year, with significant drops in coverage for all reported vaccines.
Over 280,000 kindergartners are not up to date on their measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shots, leaving them vulnerable to the very disease these vaccines aim to prevent.