The Centers for Disease Control is calling on all states to encourage parents to get their kids the needed vaccines for school.
OHIO (WLIO) - The Centers for Disease Control is calling on all states to encourage parents to get their kids the needed vaccines for school.
The Ohio Department of Health says before the start of the last school year, 86.2% of kindergarteners had the recommended vaccines for them to start school.
The Ohio Department of Health says before the start of the last school year, 86.2% of kindergarteners had the recommended vaccines for them to start school. That is slightly lower than the year before, and nearly 90% before the pandemic. State health experts say that parents have a lack of fear of diseases like measles, whooping cough, and polio as a threat to children's health.
State health experts say that parents have a lack of fear of diseases like measles, whooping cough, and polio as a threat to children's health.
"These vaccines are highly effective. They are very safe, they have been used for a very long time. And I think the best step that a parent can take is to have their child vaccinated with the age-appropriate recommended vaccines," says Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, director of the Ohio Department of Health. "These viruses are real threats to our children and we have real and proven protections in the forms of these vaccines."
Last year there were 90 cases of measles reported in Ohio and seven more so far this year.
