President Donald Trump shared some misinformation at a roundtable on December 8, 2025. When asked if he would support ending federal mandates for vaccines, the president made the claim that infants are required to receive 88 vaccinations in one doctor's visit. "I think we take like 88 different shots all wrapped up in one," he declared to the room full of White House Press Corps, "And we're going to be reducing it very substantially" (via YouTube).
In reality, according to an August 2025 update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), babies under 2 years old are advised to receive 27 vaccine doses over the course of 15 months. Before the age of 18 years old, children should receive an additional 14 vaccine doses. In total, minors are strongly recommended to receive around 40 doses, which is less than half of President Trump's claim. It's also important to keep in mind that this number includes annual shots that are recommended to people of all ages, like COVID boosters and flu shots.
This isn't the first time that the president has stated such a large number when discussing immunization recommendations from the CDC. In October 2025, Trump made the claim that 82 vaccines were being injected into infants when attending one doctor's appointment, saying, "When you give 82 vaccines in a shot to a baby that hasn't even formed yet, it's a lot of vaccines" (via Live Fox Now).
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President Donald Trump shared some misinformation at a roundtable on December 8, 2025. When asked if he would support ending federal mandates for vaccines, the president made the claim that infant...