Figures from CDC show Arizona ranks near the top when it comes to school vaccine requires exemptions, and health experts are blaming three factors for that high number.
Some Arizona kids are already back in school, while others are a few weeks away from the first day. At the same time, public health officials are sounding the alarm about the number of parents choosing to skip vaccines.According to statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , thousands of Arizona parents are opting out.
"There are very real, tangible risks -- not just for measles, which is a potentially lethal disease, but there’s also a very big risk that if it's in your classroom," said Humble. "Your kid is going to be home for a month."Dr. Bradley Golner of Phoenix Pediatrics knows those risks so well: he won’t even see children without their vaccines.
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