Vaccination shots

I live in a rather conservative part of northern Indiana. There was an article in our local paper that noted the decline in covid vaccinations in the past months. More worrisome than that was the fact that infant and youth vaccinations that are a custom before starting school and continuing thru graduation are also on the decline. I am referring to the series of 5 DPT shots, a polio shot, chicken pox, meningitis, and hepatitis shots. In all there are 14 shots or series of shots through 12th grade that are required. The reporter was at a loss to explain the trend.
I think the reason for the decline is rather simple. When the government sticks its nose into a person's PERSONAL health care, people become suspicious and/or reluctant to go along. Let the government get out of our health care and get back to doing what the constitution spells out.