--- --- # Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Says ## Video: Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice [Watch (HLS stream): Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bNqPpjwK.m3u8) (2:54)  _Published 2015-02-05. Chris Christie's bad advice on vaccines gets him in to trouble with TIME's Science Cop Jeffrey Kluger._ by [Rachel Janik](https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Feb 24, 2015 6:32 PM UTC by [Rachel Janik](https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/) ## Rachel Janik Feb 24, 2015 6:32 PM UTC Nearly 80% of Americans support vaccinations, according to a [new poll](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/us-usa-vaccines-poll-idUSKBN0LS15720150224). The Reuters/Ipsos survey comes amid a measles outbreak in the U.S. that recently reached [154 cases](http://time.com/3719137/measles-cases-vaccines/) and the [death of a toddler in Berlin](http://time.com/3720613/measles-toddler-dies/), who was not vaccinated for the highly contagious virus. Only 13% of survey respondents opposed vaccinations while 78% said that all healthy, medically eligible children should be vaccinated. Forty-four percent of respondents said parents should be mandated to vaccinate their child, while 38% favored some parental choice. The survey also showed a generational difference in vaccination support with younger Americans more in favor of it. [The issue flared in the Republican presidential campaign](http://time.com/3693977/2016-presidential-race-measles-chris-christie-rand-paul-hillary-clinton/) recently when candidates split on whether vaccines should mandatory. \[[_Reuters_](http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/24/us-usa-vaccines-poll-idUSKBN0LS15720150224)\] Measles: Vast Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Shows ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/"},"headline":"Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Says","datePublished":"2015-02-24T18:32:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:40:18.008Z","description":"The results come amid a measles outbreak in the U.S.","url":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/","keywords":["Public Health","measles"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Janik","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rachel-janik/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/public-health/","name":"Public Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/","name":"Majority of Americans Favor Vaccinations, Poll Says"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Science Cop: Chris Christie's Bad Vaccine Advice","description":"Chris Christie's bad advice on vaccines gets him in to trouble with TIME's Science Cop Jeffrey Kluger.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/bNqPpjwK/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-02-05T23:35:54.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bNqPpjwK.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/","duration":"PT2M54S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3720617/vaccinations-measles-poll/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```