I'm just guessing here, but back when I was a lad it seems to me that there were 6, maybe 7, vaccines, actual vaccines mind you, that were given to me. What is the count up to now as far as recommended vaccines for small children pre-primary education age, maybe 15-20 give or take a few? Mind you, after the CDC changed the definition of vaccine so that the flu shot and Covid injections qualified, I've included those two in the total guesstimate.
Yes, many more than I grew up with in the 60's and 70's. One was a Smallpox shot. Now it no longer exists in the wild. And no one gets the shot anymore except for some soldiers and research scientists.
At 60 and married, I think I will skip the HPV. Still do the pneumonia vaccine every few years.
The Shingles vaccine? The second dose really hit both the Wife and I hard but it beats blindness.
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