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Vaccine Policy and Eliminating Nonmedical Exemptions—Read the Room

JAMA Pediatrics 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.5290

December 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This Viewpoint describes strategies to reduce the increasing rate of nonmedical exemptions to vaccination while maintaining trust, reducing opposition to vaccination, and preserving community immunity.

Corresponding Author: Mark Christopher Navin, PhD, Department of Philosophy, Oakland University, 146 Library Dr, 746 Mathematics and Science Center, Rochester, MI 48309-4479 (navin@oakland.edu).

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