Health department staff members enter the Andrews County Health Department measles clinic carrying doses of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine April 8, 2025, in Andrews, Texas. (Annie Rice / Associated Press)

Personal conviction waivers have increased by four times over the past 30 years

By Tom Kertscher

Wisconsin Watch

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The percentage of Wisconsin schoolchildren not receiving state-mandated vaccinations because of their parents’ personal beliefs is four times higher than it was a generation ago.

That rise in personal conviction waivers has driven a decrease in all immunizations among Wisconsin children ahead of new measles outbreaks hitt

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