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Tennessee’s kindergarten vaccination rate is slipping, as more parents opt out of shots or get them late

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That’s playing a major role in the overall drop in vaccination, says Dr. Sandra Arnold. She’s the division chief of pediatric infectious disease at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. She notes that Mississippi had one of the highest vaccination rates in the country, and that state allows only medical exemptions — no religious or philosophical ones.

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