Oklahoma kindergarten vaccination exemptions now highest in region
A nurse prepares to wipe a teenager's arm with an alcohol pad at a COVID-19 vaccination drive at Voice of Praise Baptist Church in Oklahoma City on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021. (Rebecca Najera/Oklahoma Watch)
Oklahoma Watch
Oklahoma’s kindergarteners are now the least-vaccinated in the region.
More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic that scrambled perceptions of routine public health measures and attitudes toward vaccinations, Oklahoma now has the highest rate of exemptions from immunizations for kindergartners, according to state and federal data.
The latest survey of vaccination readiness to start the school…
