An increasing number of Oregon parents are choosing not to get their children vaccinated for religious reasons.
An increasing number of Oregon parents are choosing not to get their children vaccinated for religious reasons.
Last year, 5.6 percent of kindergartners in the state had a religious exemption for at least one vaccine. That went up .2 percent this school year. State immunization officials say that at 6 percent, the risk for outbreaks gets serious.
In Multnomah County, the exemption rate is past that mark – at 7.6 percent. Curry County has the highest at 12 percent.
Read more at KATU.
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