Fact check: Did the former U.S. childhood vaccine schedule call for babies to get 72 injections?

The Jan. 5 White House graphic showed two babies, each surrounded by needles, with the text: "European Country: 11 injections ...
Politifact

Did the vaccine schedule require kids to be injected 72 times? No.

Under its former childhood vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that kids get 12 different vaccines protecting against 16 diseases before age 10. It didn’t ...
The Poynter Institute for Media Studies

No, the US vaccine schedule doesn’t call for babies to get ’72 injections’

Under the 2024 schedule, which has been discontinued, babies could have received anywhere from 12 to 30 shots before their second birthday ...
NPR

Flu shot recommendation for kids dropped just as the illness rages

Every year, Dr. Molly O'Shea's pediatric practices would hold drive-thru clinics in the parking lot to make it as easy as possible for busy parents to quickly get their kids their annual flu and COVID ...