Is it true that a baby’s immune system at birth can handle 10,000 vaccines at a time?
This statement has not been backed up by scientific studies. To our knowledge, there is no scientific evidence that a baby’s immune system is fully developed at birth and/or can safely handle any particular number of vaccines, let alone 10,000 vaccines at once. Large, prospective long term studies evaluating the health of infants and children given 69 doses of 16 vaccines from birth to age 18, which is the current federal recommendation, have never been conducted. There have never been studies to evaluate whether babies with a personal or family history or allergy and autoimmune disorders may be at higher risk than others for complications from use of multiple vaccines throughout childhood. There have never been large studies comparing the health of highly vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals to compare for all health outcomes and changes in immune and brain function over time. When statements are made that contradict common sense, such as the idea that a small infant can handle 10,
