Sharp Drop in Number of Wisconsin Kids Getting Vaccinated

Friday, February 18th, 2022 -- 10:01 AM

(WMTV) A sharp drop in the number of 5 to 11-year-olds in Wisconsin getting vaccinated at UW Health has health officials there expressing concern for the state’s youngest eligible residents.

On Thursday, UW Health reported that the number of weekly doses given to children in that age group has declined by more than 90 percent in the past three months.

It pointed to a week in early November, soon after the Pfizer vaccine was approved, during which kids that age received 850 shots through the health system. That number has plummeted to the point they only have 81 appointments scheduled this week.

The health system noted that the biggest drop in vaccinations for children that age happened as the holiday season wound down. UW Health calls the trend “troubling,” citing the lifting of other COVID-19 precautions in the face of declining new COVID-19 case numbers.

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