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Idaho Healthcare Professionals Stress Importance Of Immunizations

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Out of the 18 states that allow non-medical exemptions for childhood vaccines, several counties in Idaho topped the list of places with the largest rates of exemptions.

A recent report indicated eight of the 10 least-immunized counties in the country are in Idaho.

Vaccination rates used to point to a medically advanced culture, but in recent years there has been pushback against mandatory vaccinations by faulty science and conspiracy theories. We parse out the recommended vaccine schedules and what to make of the anti-vaccine rhetoric with St. Luke's pediatrician Alicia Lachiondo.

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