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The Variation in Vaccine Coverage in the US
In the US overall vaccination rates were very high for things like DTP and MMR and varicella, anything from about usually about 95%. If you look at the whole United States, in Washington, DC, which had the lowest coverage, it was only 81%. And in Mississippi, 99% coverage of kindergartners. You cannot get exemptions for religious, philosophical or conscientious reasons in Mississippi. Only medical exemptions. So that's a pretty huge deal. It should be, I mean, vaccination should be easy and affordable slash completely free.