Thailand's Vaccination Future at Risk: Lessons from America's Declining Herd Immunity
Alarming trends in American childhood vaccination rates serve as a critical warning for Thailand’s public health system, as declining immunization coverage and soaring parental exemptions threaten to unravel decades of disease prevention success. Recent data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reveals a dangerous erosion of herd immunity that carries profound implications for Thailand’s own vaccination programs, particularly as the kingdom balances traditional values with modern medical science while confronting rising vaccine hesitancy in certain communities.