After the rotavirus vaccine was adopted in the U.S., rotavirus hospitalizations in children dropped by nearly 80%.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC surveillance data and multiple independent peer-reviewed and academic sources. The ~80% figure represents a median/cumulative estimate across surveillance systems since vaccine introduction in 2006; some individual studies show variation (45%-90%) depending on year and methodology, but 80% is a well-supported representative figure. [tier=gold indep_score=0.983 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- AAP Releases Childhood Vaccine Recommendations That Differ ... (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.cdc.gov/surv-manual/php/table-of-contents/chapter-13-rotavirus.html (corroboration)
- https://theconversation.com/rotavirus-cases-in-children-are-rising-but-a-highly-effective-vaccine-has-slashed-hospitalizations-from-the-virus-by-80-in-2-decades-281098 (corroboration)
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12115858/ (corroboration)