Health care worker prepares to give a young child a vaccination, holding a syringe near the child’s upper arm while cleaning the skin with a cotton swab.
FILE – A young girl is given the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine in Honolulu, Hawaii on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019. (Public Health Command/Pacific via Bay City News)

MENDOCINO CO., 9/26/16 – The student body in Mendocino County is not vaccinated at a rate which scientists believe is sufficient to preserve community immunity, according to a 2015-2016 kindergarten summary report released by the Immunization Branch of the California Department of Public Health.

Statewide, 92.8% of students at schools with kindergartners meet all vaccine requirements, while in Mendocino County, only 81.5% of this student body are up to date on all their shots.

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