The letters highlight that California's school closures during COVID-19 had severe impacts on low-income children, exacerbating educational inequalities and access issues such as technology and meal programs. Additionally, the second letter stresses the importance of blood testing for measles immunity before vaccination, emphasizing the startling consequences of unvaccinated individuals, including severe outbreaks and fatalities. Both letters address critical public health concerns and the need for awareness and action to protect vulnerable populations.
California students were already lagging the nation, and our school closures (among the longest in the country) only made matters worse. The impacts were much greater among low-income families.
It is shocking in this age of modern medicine when we have researchers who have spent their lives finding ways to keep us healthy, that some will forgo life-saving vaccines for personal reasons.
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