Poll: Most Americans confident in safety of routine childhood vaccines

Most adults remain confident in the safety of long-standing childhood vaccines, though people’s views of the COVID-19 vaccine are heavily polarized, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF.  

More than 80 percent of American respondents said they’re “very” or “somewhat” confident that the polio vaccine and the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine are safe for kids. Those views were somewhat partisan, with Republican respondents being 79 percent confident in the polio vaccine and 77 percent in the MMR one, compared with 87 percent for polio and 91 percent for MMR among Democrats. 

Even self-described supporters of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement — which has often been associated with vaccine skepticism — said they have confidence in the safety of MMR and polio vaccines.  

A smaller majority of Republicans, 56 percent, said they are confident in the safety of the flu shot, compared........

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