1974 schedule:
2 months: DTP, TOPV (trivalent oral polio virus)
4 months: DTP, TOPV
6 months: DTP, TOPV
1 year: Measles, TB test
1-12 years: Rubella, Mumps
1 1/2 years: DTP, TOPV
4-6 years: DTP, TOPV
The schedule for 2014 is here:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html
I counted at least 29 shots before the kid is 2 years old. The theory is that hitting young kids with this many shocks to their immune system (which is what vaccines do) is what does it, with the MMR being the straw that breaks the camels back so to speak.
Cite one source where this has been proved....you make all sorts of comments that have nothing but emotions attached to it.
There is NO requirement that your child receive a flu vaccine that is purely optional and most pediatricians that I know don’t encourage it. The same is true for the rotovirus and the pneumonia vaccines. HiB has been pretty routine since the late 70s early 80s.
I wonder what the number was when I was born (1958) would have been?