Childhood vaccinations seen as "not important," Gallup poll finds

Vaccines are widely considered by experts to be some of the most important, most effective investments in health, shielding against numerous diseases that would otherwise be deadly or severely disabling. Yet fewer and fewer Americans consider vaccines to be important. A recent Gallup poll found that only 40% of people say it is "extremely important" for parents to vaccinate their kids — a significant drop from 58% in 2019 and 64% in 2001. Another 5% said it was "not very important" and 7% said it is "not important at all."...