The latest CDC report indicates that at least 216 children died from influenza this past flu season, marking the highest pediatric toll in about 15 years. New York reported 25 deaths, highlighting the critical impact of vaccine misinformation on vaccine hesitancy. Only one of the deceased children was vaccinated, stressing the need for better vaccination rates, particularly among vulnerable age groups. The CDC emphasizes the importance of the flu vaccine for those over six months and has noted a decline in vaccination rates since the pandemic, raising concerns about public health responses.
At least 216 children died of influenza in the United States this past flu season, the disease's highest pediatric death toll in about 15 years.
Misinformation around vaccines has in recent years contributed to a rise in vaccine hesitancy and declining vaccination rates... Vaccines are the best protection we have, and do save lives.
Only one of the 25 children who died in New York was vaccinated, McDonald said. Five of the children were too young to receive the vaccine.
Flu vaccination rates among children and adults have generally been on the decline in recent years, particularly since the coronavirus pandemic.
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