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Growing number of parents ‘really against’ getting their kids vaccinated

New Angus Reid poll finds 17% of Canadians strongly opposed now, compared to 4% in 2019
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A new Angus Reid poll suggests the number of parents in Canada opposed to vaccinating their children has grown over the last five years. A child’s dose of the COVID-19 vaccination is shown, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021, at Children’s National Hospital in Washington. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Carolyn Kaster

A new Angus Reid poll suggests the number of parents opposed to vaccinating their children has grown over the last five yearsin Canada.

One in six parents of children under 18 said they are “really against” getting their kids vaccinated, the poll published Wednesday said.

That’s 17 per cent of the parents polled earlier in February, compared to four per cent of parents who held that view in 2019.

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