Donald Trump Goes on Bizarre Vaccine Rant About Babies and Horses

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11. Pulling numbers out of his ass again. This is complete BULLSHIT.

The schedule of recommended pediatric vaccines, as of Aug 7 2025 on the DC site:

Birth thru 18 months - 10 vaccines protecting against 14 different illnesses (9 if the MMRV is used instead of MMR)

Protection against more diseases is available with many fewer antigens per vaccine. Here's a brief excerpt from a 2024 article by a peds infectious disease doc:

Today’s expanded schedule protects against 16-18 diseases, but the total antigen count is about 165. That’s about a 95% reduction in antigen exposure, thanks to precision engineering that strips vaccines down to only the components necessary for protection.

Vaccine expert Paul Offit and colleagues calculated that a baby could theoretically respond to 10,000 vaccines simultaneously before using even one percent of circulating B-cells. The real-world schedule barely registers on the immune system’s capacity.

Here's the whole article for those who might be interested: https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/24/too-many-too-soon-vaccine-schedule-children-antigens-immune-system-aluminum/

And the volume of fluid in each injection is miniscule - usually 0.5-1.0 cc/mL

And one more link discussing infant immune systems. They are not "weak" - babies are exposed to thousands of antigens the moment they are delivered from the uterine environment and handle most of them just fine. The vaccines are timed to protect them from those to which they are most vulnerable at these early ages: https://asm.org/articles/2024/september/baby-immune-systems-not-immature-just-different

I'm so glad I'm retired and don't have to argue this shit with antivax parents anymore.