Good news! Bravo! Are all these childhood vaccinations really necessary for all children?
Which kids really need Covid-19 and flu shots? Both are fairly harmless to most children. For a kid to be infected with a cold or a flu is perhaps an important training for the developing immune system.
It appears the medical-pharmaceutical industry complex in the US managed to increase/inflate the number recommended childhood vaccinations dramatically over the decades. Good business!
To recommend 17 vaccinations for all children seems to be insane! That is on average one vaccination per child per year.
If it is true that even multiple vaccinations were applied simultaneously at an very early age of a child, then this seems almost reckless. What do we know how harmless this combination is?
According to Google search on recommended childhood vaccinations before 1980 (less than 10 vaccines): "Key Vaccines Recommended Before 1980:
Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTP): A combination vaccine for these three serious bacterial diseases, given in a single shot.
Polio (IPV/OPV): Both the injected (IPV) and oral (OPV) forms were used to prevent paralysis from the poliovirus.
Measles (MMR): The measles vaccine became available in 1963, followed by mumps (1967) and rubella (1969) vaccines, which were combined into the MMR vaccine by 1971.
Smallpox: Routinely given in the early 1960s, but its use was discontinued in the U.S. by 1972 as the disease neared global eradication."
During my childhood in the Federal Republic Germany in the 1960s/1970s I estimate I was not vaccinated with more than half a dozen different vaccines. According to a Google search for recommended childhood vaccination in West Germany before 1990 (less than 10 vaccines): "West Germany (FRG):
BCG: Recommended but voluntary; uptake was very low and almost ceased between 1975-1977.
Measles: Recommended generally, with the MMR vaccine approved in 1980, but remained generally recommended, not mandatory.
DTP/Polio: Recommended vaccines, with schedules for these diseases established."
"The CDC now recommends kids be vaccinated against 11 diseases, down from 17. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the policy shift strengthens “transparency and informed consent.” The new guidelines, set to take effect immediately, are designed to align the U.S. schedule more closely with Denmark’s. Public-health experts criticized the move for circumventing the government’s usual vaccine recommendation procedures and pushed back, citing differences between the U.S. and Denmark in population size, healthcare systems and disease strains."
"... The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has updated the childhood immunization schedule to recommend 10, rather than 17, shots for children.
Trump signed a directive on Dec. 5 ordering the agency to examine best practices from “peer, developed nations” on their childhood vaccination schedules. Following the review, HHS Deputy Secretary Jim O’Neill signed a memorandum updating the U.S. schedule on Monday. ...
“No vaccine is being banned or removed,” the official said. “Every vaccine currently recommended by the CDC remains available, fully covered by insurance, without cost sharing. No family will lose access to vaccines.” ...
The new order groups vaccines in the children’s immunization schedule into three categories: immunizations recommended for all children, immunizations recommended for certain high-risk groups or populations, and immunizations based on shared clinical decision making for all children. ..."
"... Vaccines cut from the schedule include hepatitis A, hepatitis B, meningococcal disease, rotavirus, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus, ... These vaccines will be recommended only for high-risk groups or after consultation with a health care provider. ..."
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