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VACCINATION - CHILDHOOD - SCHEDULE - President Trump Orders Comprehensive Childhood Vaccine Schedule Review. After unnecessary hepatitis B vaccine dropped for 3.6 million annual healthy live births, POTUS calls for entire ACIP schedule to better align with other countries. Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH, Focal Points (Courageous Discourse), Dec 06, 2025. - Current number of vaccines per country from 0 -18 years of age. A single dose includes combination products. The number of antigens (challenging agent you are vaccinating against) is 2 to 3 times greater than the total doses. There is approximately 72-93 antigens depending on maternal injections and other factors in the U.S schedule. Total Vaccine Doses (Ages 0–18 Years) Country ranking on cumulative doses. Variations on schedule intensity include starting at birth like the U.S., spacing of vaccines, specific targeted illness/antigens and reduced number of vaccines doses as shown. (For a more complete presentation of this data please go to above link from Focal Points (Courageous Discourse) by Peter McCullough MD). “President Trumps Signs of On National Vaccine Schedule Review.”1 - United States 30–32 Most intensive; can start at birth (CDC Childhood/Adolescent Vaccine Schedule).2 - Canada 25–28 3 - France / Germany 22–254 - United Kingdom 20–215 - Australia as20 6 - Sweden / Norway 16–18 7 - Japan 14–16 1) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).2) CDC 2025 Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for Ages 18 Years of Age or Younger.3) Vaxopedia - Vaccine schedules from other countries.

Kirk’s Commentary: I went down a bit of a “rabbit hole” asking AI the question regarding the number of childhood vaccine requirements before the age of 18 1) When I was born in 1957; 2) Then when my daughter was born in 1983; 3) and children today in 2025. I also asked AI about President Reagan’s signing of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA) which many vaccines critiques believe was the “launching pad” for the “explosion” of childhood vaccines being recommended to children because it minimized liability to pharmaceutical companies for vaccine injury. When you just read the wording of it it sounds good as a public health policy for the consumer but in actuality it is just the opposite.

Note: It’s a bit confusing to get the “exact” amount of each individual’s vaccine accumulated dose given to the child before the age of 18, especially as combination products are included and boosters are sometimes recommended. The key point when you look at the vaccine schedules before the 1986 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act then after, you start to see a steady and dramatic increase in the number and kinds of vaccines (and combinations and “load” risk) recommended that seem to be continually added to the schedule and start nearer to the day of birth. It’s appears obvious when the liability for vaccine injury was taken off the pharmaceutical companies that was the key to “opening the gates” of administering more vaccines to children not as a matter of public health, especially when you read the unpublished Henry Ford Study.

“In 1957, children in the United States were recommended to receive vaccines protecting against four diseases, totaling approximately nine doses before the age of 18.

1957 Recommended Childhood Vaccines and Doses

* Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP): This was a combination vaccine. The recommended schedule typically involved multiple doses in infancy and booster shots through childhood, totaling around 5-6 doses (e.g., at 2, 4, 6, and 18 months, and a booster at school entry).

* Polio: The Salk inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) had just become available in 1955 and was being rapidly adopted. Children generally received a series of doses (around 3-4 doses) as part of the primary schedule.

* Smallpox: Smallpox vaccination was also a routine part of the childhood schedule at the time, typically administered as a single dose with re-vaccination recommended every five years.

In total, this amounted to approximately nine doses of vaccines covering four diseases: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, polio, and smallpox. Measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines were not yet available or routinely recommended until the 1960s.” (Google AI Generated)

1983 - Number of Childhood Vaccines The Year My Daughter Was Born

”In 1983, children in the U.S. were recommended to receive 11 doses of vaccines by the age of 18, protecting against seven diseases.

The recommended vaccines at that time were:

* Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP): Administered as a combined shot, typically in a series of about 5-6 doses.

* Oral Poliovirus Vaccine (OPV): Taken orally, generally in a series of about 4 doses.

* Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR): Administered as a combined shot.

The total schedule involved around four different vaccine products to protect against the seven diseases. In contrast, the 2025 schedule recommends vaccines against 18 diseases, totaling over 50 doses.” (Google AI Generated)

1986 - Many believe the year that unleashed the ever growing number of childhood vaccines when President Reagan signed into law the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (NCVIA)…

“At the time the NCVIA was passed, the routine childhood vaccination schedule included vaccines for the following diseases:

* Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (DTP combined shot)

* Measles, Mumps, and Rubella (MMR combined shot)

* Polio (Oral Polio Vaccine or OPV)

This resulted in a total of 11 doses (seven injections and four oral doses) needed to be fully vaccinated.” (Google AI Generated)

2025 - Number of Childhood Vaccines A Child Born Today is Expected to Receive By The Age of 18

“…As of 2025, the routine childhood and adolescent immunization schedule recommended by the CDC protects against 18 different diseases and requires between 50 to 54 doses before the age of 18.

The exact number of doses can vary slightly depending on factors like:

* Which specific brand of combination vaccines is used.

* Whether the annual influenza vaccine is given.

* The exact age the series for vaccines like HPV is started.

The 18 diseases covered are:

* Chickenpox (Varicella)

* COVID-19

* Dengue

* Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis (Whooping Cough)

* Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)

* Hepatitis A

* Hepatitis B

* Human Papillomavirus (HPV)

* Influenza (Flu)

* Measles, Mumps, and Rubella

* Meningococcal dis