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Arizona Vaccination Program Cancelled After Parent Backlash

The Arizona Department of Health Services cancelled a vaccination education program after getting hit with backlash from parents who don’t immunize their school-age children.

Arizona was one of only three states piloting this program, which was created in response to the increasing number of schoolchildren skipping school-required immunizations.

Debbie McCune Davis is the executive director for the  Arizona Partnership for Immunizations and joined The Show to talk about it.

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Lauren Gilger, host of KJZZ's The Show, is an award-winning journalist whose work has impacted communities large and small, exposing injustices and giving a voice to the voiceless and marginalized.