Vaccine hesitancy and lack of access to medical care are among factors to blame for the south and southwest suburbs’ fewer immunizations.
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Chicago Tribune

Vaccination rates show some Southland districts ‘extremely vulnerable’ to measles outbreaks

An online tool launched by the Illinois Department of Public Health shows measles vaccination rates for schools in Homer Glen, Oak Lawn and Dolton are below 91%, making those schools “extremely vulnerable to larger outbreaks and disruptions from any cases introduced into that school.”

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