Pandemic, social media spur vaccine hesitancy
By Leslie Gartrell
CELINA - As a large measles outbreak in Columbus begins to subside, health officials are growing concerned that more parental resistance to routine childhood vaccinations will intensify a revival of preventable illnesses.
The vast majority of the 82 children infected in the Columbus outbreak were old enough to get the shots but were unvaccinated, according to information provided by Mercer County Health District Nursing Director Julie Shaffer. [
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