It's A LOT

https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html

i've got a 21 month old.

she got shots at 2, 4, 6, 12, 15, 18 months. gets next at 24 months.

not sure what all doses or shots are involved.

we just trust our doctor to give her what is best for her health.

#science

The only ones of those that are REQUIRED are the 4 I mentioned.

DTaP requires 5 shots from birth to 18 years

Polio requires 4 shots from birth to 18 years

MMR requires 2 doses from birth to 18 years

Chickenpox requires 2 doses from birth to 18 years

That's 13 required shots over the course of 18 years.

It's up to you to decide if you want to do all the others.

Required by the school?

by the state board of health.

http://www.adph.org/IMMUNIZATION/assets/SchoolImmLaw.PDF

My Mrs. is the clinic supervisor for the Jackson Co. Health Dept. ( ADPH). I'll ask her later how many shots are required to start public school. Matter of fact , I'll get her to read this thread, I'm sure it'll be entertaining to her.

The state requires these for kids to enter public schools.

Have you ever looked at the vaccination schedule today compared to that of 1980? Dr's are giving a lot more vaccines today than before. One thought is the multi Vival containers have added preservatives that extend shelve life for docs. These preservatives are what folks are linking to autism. There is a growing problem or concern with the number of kids with ADD, ADHD, autism, etc. Of course big pharma will never admit that the stuff in the vaccinations are at fault. Tough subject for sure. Thankful for modern medicine but I feel that the government shouldn't dictate what I do. If the doctors would offer single vaccines, lots of folks who are on the fence would step up.

Sorry little late at posting but some of the same stuff was just mentioned

For those wondering why they shouldn't be allowed to chose not to vaccinate their children on a whim because freedom, the reason is herd immunization. If a large enough percentage of the population is immunized the disease goes away almost entirely. Those who cannot be immunized because of actual medical conditions are still protected because nearly everyone else they encounter is immunized.

However, if you lower the immunized percentage of the population, lets say due to fraudulent studies and maybe jenny mccarthy being an absolute loon, herd immunization doesn't exist anymore. The innocent children who could not be immunized suffer and the diseases which were nearly eradicated come roaring back. Incidentally, each iteration of the disease gives it an opportunity to mutate. No telling when it will mutate into something stronger.

People always want something to blame when something bad happens. I understand that. People seem to rely on anecdotal evidence (my friend said...) more than established, reproducible science. People also want to feel smarter than everyone else, which is why conspiracy theories get picked up and run with. If you can string together two or three coincidences and refuse to understand the difference between causation and correlation you too can feel smarter than all of medical science.

This is the definition of a 1st world problem.

The aforementioned northern africans must look at us with such envy. They have children dying of communicable infectious diseases every day, and we let pretty people with the equivalent of 9th grade education determine our public health policy.

We are truly insane.

Global warming
#science

Vaccines contain formaldehyde, aluminum and mercury at much higher levels than recommended as safe in drinking water.
#science

The Tuskegee Study
#science

I'm not saying don't vaccinate but if you think everything they are giving your child is driven by good science instead of partially being influenced by money then I'd bet you're probably wrong. Just like I bet much of what the anti vaccine crowd believes is wrong. Nothing wrong with profit, because without it we wouldn't have many life saving drugs. Though sometimes profit gets put before people. There are ambulance chasers making fortunes off of drug companies that rushed bad science onto the market.

youre misunderstanding what I'm saying first off. I didnt say they get 60 shots. some of those you listed have 3 or 4 different doses in each shot. I guarantee you they didnt let your kid start with only 4 shots either. no school system I have ever seen anyway. they get a hepatitis b shot the first week of their life. I'd love to know whats causing such a great risk of hep b to newborns.

The document that jbc linked, proved that much more than 4 shots are required.

I would suggest everyone google the transcripts from the simpsonwood cdc conference before they argue this any further. the admissions made are eye opening to say the least, and straight from the horses mouth. vaccination is great when done properly. its when greedy bastards are doing it for profit that it gets sketchy. bottom line is youre a fool to just blindly accept the crap they force on you. as bill pointed out about the safe mercury levels, a little common sense goes a long way.

our pediatrician is a family friend who is giving his grandchildren the same treatment. I feel very comfortable with it.

Such hyperbole. Very few facts. This argument will never end.

Any idea how many people die a year from doctors misdiagnosis, wrongly administered treatments and just flat out incompetence? You trust politicians with your rights , without question, just because they are politicians? You trust contractors without question just because they are contractors? I guess that's a stress free way to go though life, never caring to learn anything because there are experts that can tell you what to think.

yes, I trust doctors who went to medical school and have years of experience. Thats the point of going to medical school. I did not, therefor their opinion is greater than mine, no matter how much WebMD you read

I am a contractor. Id like to hope that people trust me when working on their project. I strive daily so that they will.

No I do not trust politicians. Does anyone?

care free and I don't have polio. win win

This argument is a straw man anyway, none of those things have any thing to do with choosing to believe decades of medical research rewarding us with the eradication of disease over the word of a few wing nuts who use scary words and coincidences.