Trump Falsely Claims U.S. Required '72 Jabs' for Children, Far More Than Other Countries

President Trump posted on social media falsely claiming that America previously required babies to get '72 jabs' and that the U.S. vaccine schedule 'long required' far more vaccines than any other country. The White House shared a misleading graphic comparing 72 U.S. injections to 11 in a 'European country.' Multiple fact-checkers debunked these claims, noting that under the 2024 CDC schedule, children could receive 12-30 shots before age two depending on combination vaccines, not 72. The U.S. schedule is similar to other high-income nations like the UK (12 shots), Australia (13), and Canada (15), and is a recommendation, not a federal requirement. This disinformation came ten days after Trump's administration dramatically overhauled CDC vaccine recommendations on January 5, 2026, removing multiple vaccines from the recommended schedule. This represents a continuation of the same false '72 jabs' claim Trump made on December 23, 2025, now repeated as justification for the administrat...

“America will no longer require 72 'jabs' for children... the current schedule required 72 'jabs' for perfectly healthy babies, far more than any other country in the world, and far more than is necessary.” — Posted on social media alongside White House graphic comparing U.S. to unnamed 'European country,' used to justify January 5, 2026 CDC vaccine schedule overhaul