US Sen. Klobuchar urges parents to get kids vaccinated

Vaccinations have drastically dropped since the pandemic started

Coronavirus over the last few months ?

"* or focus has been on the coronavirus pandemic.

But as we've taken steps to protect ourselves and our families from covid?

"*19 ?

"* the risk growing for other ?

"(preventabe diseases.

That's because many people haven't been keeping up with their children's vaccinations.

Now?

"* a minnesoa lawmaker is speaking out about this issue.

Kimt news three's raquel hellman talked to minnesota's senior us senator amy klobuchar today ?

"* and joins us live in rochester with the latest ?

"* raquel?xxx live i first brought you this story last week ?

"* when doctors here at mayo clinic brought to light the concern that many parents and caregivers have skipped or put off their child's routine vaccinations over concerns of being exposed to the virus at a clinic or hospital.

And the numbers back up the doctors' concerns.

State health officials say that in minnesota ?

"* there's been a 70 percent drop in measles vaccine doses given ?

*- compared with just one year ago.

I talked with u?

"* s senator amy klobuchar about this issue today.

She's urging you to make sure your kids are up to date on their vaccines.xxx you do not want to be the one where your family gets measles in the fall or the spring.

You don't want to be the one where you could've prevented the flu but you didn't get the flu shot and you're in the hospital with the flu when we already have so many people in the hospital with covid.

Senator klobuchar also wants to stress that hospitals and clinics ?

"* including mayo clinic ?

"* are taking safety precautions to make sure you won't be exposed to the coronavirus pandemic when you go in for routine care.

Klobuchar has sent a letter to the department of health and human services calling on the federal government to address the decline of immunizations in minnesota during the pandemic.

Live in rochester, raquel hellman, kimt thanks raquel.

If you need to check to see if your family is up to date on vaccines ?

"* the centers for disease control and prevention offers a vaccine schedule for all age groups.

You can find the link to that on kimt dot com along with this story under local news./// the nation's top infectious disease expert responded