There's a reason child vaccination rates are falling - and it's not social media
There's a reason child vaccination rates are falling - and it's not social mediaPublished5 minutes agoByLuke MintzBBC NewsTwenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio.His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor's surgery. "I've been through the trenches, awake all night.
- ▪There's a reason child vaccination rates are falling - and it's not social mediaPublished5 minutes agoByLuke MintzBBC NewsTwenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated agai
- ▪But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor's surgery.
- ▪"I've been through the trenches, awake all night.
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| Publication time | Mon, 03 Aug 2026 23:10:05 GMT |
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There's a reason child vaccination rates are falling - and it's not social mediaPublished5 minutes agoByLuke MintzBBC NewsTwenty-week-old Grayson easily could have become one of the tens of thousands of British babies left unvaccinated against polio.His mother, Lily, agrees with the principle of immunisation. But overwhelmed by the early weeks of motherhood, and suffering from post-partum depression after a traumatic birth, she was daunted by the prospect of a long journey to a doctor's surgery. "I've been through the trenches, awake all night. You don't want to leave the house, or go to a different town."Weeks ticked by, and eventually Grayson missed the polio and diptheria jabs he was supposed to get at eight weeks old.
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