ST. LOUIS - Alarming data from a Blue Cross Blue Shield analysis discovered 9 million childhood vaccinations were missed in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This is impacting St. Louis area schools and one school nurse worries we could see new outbreaks of measles and whooping cough.
“The thought that these other diseases could start making a comeback is very concerning," said Katherine Park. Park has been a Parkway school nurse for 18 years and is currently interim health services director.
“Now is not the time to be putting off any vaccinations. The longer that is delayed, the more chance that not only a child could become ill with measles, they can also spread it to others. That could become our next new pandemic in the future,” Park said.
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