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Most U.S. Adults Back School Vaccine Requirements as Measles Outbreak Persists

High confidence in vaccine effectiveness underlies broad support for school immunization mandates across party lines.

Overview

  • The Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and de Beaumont Foundation survey ran from March 10 to 31 with 2,509 nationally representative U.S. adults.
  • Seventy-nine percent of respondents support mandatory childhood vaccinations for school attendance.
  • Majorities across parties back the requirement: 90% of Democrats, 68% of Republicans and 66% of MAGA supporters.
  • Among the 21% who oppose mandates, most (79%) say it should be a parental choice while only 40% cite vaccine safety concerns.
  • Most supporters cite vaccine effectiveness (90%), family responsibilities to keep schools healthy (87%) and fears of disease resurgence (84%) as their main reasons.