Comprehensive policy changes restricting vaccine exemptions were associated with improved vaccination coverage among kindergartners during a period of elevated vaccine hesitancy. ja.ma/4phI96h
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States that repealed nonmedical vaccine exemptions in the last decade saw kindergarten vaccination rates rise by 2 to 4 percentage points relative to nonrepeal states.
Very happy that our paper found a home at @jamapediatrics.com
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For my inaugural post on Bluesky, Iβm happy to share that this fall I will join Cal State Fullerton College of Business as an Assistant Professor of Economics.
Many sunny days of research ahead! βοΈ