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by yanokwa 2588 days ago
Citation on the large number of unvaccinated?
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Average vaccination rates around the world are about 85% https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2018/08/Misperception-of-... In the US it's a few percent higher: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/imz-managers/coverage/childvaxv...
These two statistics aren't directly comparable because the former is "against some [i.e., any] disease" and the latter is specifically the MMR vaccine. My guess is that in many developing countries the polio vaccine is the most administered because it's extremely cheap, extremely effective, addresses a very serious disease, and isn't at all painful for the child.

Another important childhood vaccine that would be covered in the 85% global statistic is the different variants of DTP.

Yes, the first one is a lower bound on the second.