Vaccine Misinformation One of the Biggest Public Health Threats

Last week, the Kaiser Family Foundation released data showing that 35% of surveyed parents said it should be up to moms and dads whether to have their kids vaccinated, up from 23% in 2019. The main driver of the increase has been the debate over vaccination mandates during the pandemic. "As I think about the challenges that we have to public health, vaccine misinformation is among the biggest threats," Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the CDC. Even as public health officials try to navigate a "whack-a-mole" strategy of fighting anti-vaccine rumors and twisted facts, the CDC has no plans to create a department within the agency with the sole purpose of addressing vaccine misinformation head-on, Walensky said. See more from NBC here.