Small children receive eighty different vaccines

Claim summary

Small children receive eighty different vaccines

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September 21, 2025 in a press gaggle on Air Force One

What the evidence shows

The recommended schedule did not contain eighty distinct vaccines. Vaccine types, doses and injections are different counts, and combination shots reduce the number of separate injections.

PolitiFact rating: False. The tracker groups this as False.

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• 2026-01-05 — PolitiFact (publisher rating: False)

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