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Recommended Childhood Vaccines for Americans

Can you name the 16 vaccines that the CDC recommends all children in the U.S. receive? There is also a bonus vaccine, which was previously administered.
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First submittedDecember 10, 2018
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Age at First Shot
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Vaccination
birth
Virus (given before 1972)
Smallpox
birth
Virus
Hepatitis B
2 months
Virus
Rotavirus
2 months
3-in-1 vaccine against bacteria
Diphtheria
2 months
Whooping Cough
2 months
Tetanus
2 months
Bacteria
Haemophilus influenzae
2 months
Bacteria
Pneumococcus
2 months
Virus
Polio
6 months
Virus (annual)
Influenza
1 year
3-in-1 vaccine against viruses
Measles
1 year
Mumps
1 year
Rubella
1 year
Virus
Chicken Pox
1 year
Virus
Hepatitis A
1 year
Bacteria
Meningococcus
11-12 years
Virus
HPV
interopia
+4
Level 84
Jul 24, 2020
Also try Diseases: Virus...or Bacteria?
WolfCam
+7
Level 65
Jan 21, 2019
Good Quiz!
kujxn
+24
Level 81
Jun 30, 2020
This list still wouldn’t be long enough to convince those parents to vaccinate their children.
BobSaget
+72
Level 79
Jul 24, 2020
Vaccines cause adults.
TjizzleDizzle
+11
Level 66
Jul 24, 2020
*applause to bob's comment*.
sumguy
+12
Level 83
Jun 30, 2020
This was hard. I had to think about diseases that people don't get any more. I'm not old enough to remember people getting these diseases (other than the flu).
doctors
+5
Level 82
Jun 30, 2020
Meningococcus is the one you're looking for, a "meningitis vaccine" isn't possible
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2020
Okay.
Freestatebear
+2
Level 83
Jun 30, 2020
Isn't "pneumococcal" the adjective form of the name? Seems like the answer should be either pneumococcal disease, or pneumococcus.
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Jun 30, 2020
Changed to pneumococcus.
DaffyDucktheWizard
+1
Level 61
Jun 30, 2020
It's a shame that the list is this long. It will soon add COVID I'm sure. There's just so many diseases nowadays......
Tramp
+44
Level 74
Jul 1, 2020
"nowadays" - as if disease is a new thing. The longer this list gets, the better.
Ponderosa
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Level 85
Jan 16, 2022
I think he means that it's a shame that there are so many diseases that the list needs to be this long.
georgekotz
+24
Level 74
Jul 1, 2020
None of these diseases are new, the whole point is to limit their spread and hopefully eradicate some of them through vaccination.
tschutzer
+12
Level 89
Jul 1, 2020
That's why smallpox is no longer administered - and that's definitely a good thing.
wkrpnyc
+18
Level 79
Jul 24, 2020
No it's not. It's great that the list is this long, and that the vaccines exist.
kalbahamut
+13
Level 83
Jul 25, 2020
Freak... for the love of god stop reading the Epoch Times and get some real information if you're going to keep posting online.
GKS
+8
Level 47
Jul 28, 2020
BusinessFreak. Perhaps if you read up on vaccines rather than posting crap on websites and voting for Kanye West, you'd know that they contain small amounts of the virus they are tackling, so that your body knows how to combat the virus if they actually get the real thing. So perhaps that's why your family got flu symptoms three days after getting the vaccine.
OofyMcOoferson
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Level 49
Mar 9, 2023
The Kanye West part did not age well
EliotSkyrll
+1
Level 55
Oct 20, 2020
I think it's actually going to die off as quickly as it has risen, though.
Pearl2270
+3
Level 76
May 26, 2022
Hahahahahahaha
Pearl2270
+2
Level 76
May 26, 2022
Umm...you've got this backwards lol.
jamesd
+21
Level 68
Jul 5, 2020
Why aren't we vaccinated for cholera? I died of cholera at least 500 times in elementary school. So annoying.
Jacktheguy
+5
Level 88
Jul 24, 2020
Not as annoying as dying of boredom once a day for 12 years.
EliotSkyrll
+1
Level 55
Oct 20, 2020
lol
lionman7102
+4
Level 58
Jul 24, 2020
in grade school it was always typhoid for me
sumokitty
+12
Level 80
Jul 24, 2020
I know this is an Oregon Trail joke, but in case people are interested, we don't need to vaccinate against cholera because it's been controlled (in developed countries) through water sanitation.

It's amazing how much we take for granted that people in the past didn't have (and in many places people still don't) -- vaccines, clean water, safe food and a stable food supply, etc.

AnnoyedPicard
+4
Level 76
Jul 24, 2020
also a fun fact, cholera vaccine is one of the worst vaccines since you only have immunity for like half a year or so. People who live in endemic regions can get it 5-6 times in a lifetime
jennywren21
+6
Level 60
Jul 24, 2020
I got desperate and started randomly guessing. Rabies apparently is not on the list no matter how many times I typed it.
interopia
+5
Level 84
Jul 24, 2020
Yes, the rabies vaccine is not included in the standard set of vaccines recommended to everyone. It can be given after a suspected exposure, or before participating in circumstances of elevated risk.
OofyMcOoferson
+1
Level 49
Mar 9, 2023
The rabies vaccine is always given after a wild animal bite, almost no matter what. You usually don't get the vaccine at birth because it's kind of a vaccine not everyone can get because it's expensive and an extensive process - only get the vaccine if you need it.
Tomtrific
+1
Level 81
Jul 24, 2020
Please accept Streptococcus Pneumoniae (Strep Pneumo), which is Pneumococcus, and Neisseria Meningitidis, which is Meningococcus.
PuzzledOut
+5
Level 65
Jul 24, 2020
Some minor differences with the UK schedule but got chickenpox eventually!
NMI
+6
Level 87
Dec 1, 2021
I’m sorry about that @PuzzledOut. Are you still itchy?
cranbeckh
+2
Level 68
Jul 24, 2020
I still have the smallpox vaccination mark on my arm. I'm old.
kevlarkev
+1
Level 59
Jul 24, 2020
I missed the original vaccine by a year but they caught up with me in the service. That was the worst vaccine I've ever had
Instrumental
+1
Level 48
Jul 28, 2020
I have one too. They still give them to military members on deployment.
DonTheLamplighter
+7
Level 84
Jul 24, 2020
So for the 1st year of your life, you're basically a human pin cushion.
DonTheLamplighter
+33
Level 84
Jul 24, 2020
I used to be terrified of needles. One time I had to get a shot and my mom promised to take me to buy me a Matchbox if I didn't cry. It was touch-and-go for a moment, but I held it together and we went to the store and got my reward. Mom was so proud of me. My wife, on the other hand, was completely embarrassed. :-)
Errorofmyways
+5
Level 44
Jul 24, 2020
This is great.
ander217
+3
Level 76
Jul 24, 2020
:)
ander217
+3
Level 76
Jul 24, 2020
I remembered rotavirus but couldn't think of polio. I should have remembered the early 1960s, standing in that long line waiting to receive a sugar cube with pink syrup on it. We all knew someone who'd had polio, and it seemed as though the entire town turned out to get their free vaccine provided by the government.
akp713
+3
Level 84
Jul 25, 2020
It's amazing how far we've come on vaccines. I was born in the 80s and we only got half these vaccines then. I got chicken pox naturally and it was awful. I remember the Hep B vaccine came out in the 90s and we all got it at school.
Jared0309
+1
Level 75
Sep 10, 2020
The vaccine is now called the Meningococcal Vaccine, and it is typically administered at age 11-12, but the minimum age is 2 months, so I'm confused as to what the "age at first shot" for that one means.
heyheyheyitsfatalbert
+1
Level 47
Nov 30, 2020
If you liked this quiz, check out this one that matches pathogens to the diseases they cause here!
CardinalSin
+1
Level 75
May 10, 2021
I typed papilloma and that wasn't accepted. But a TLA is. Could "papilloma" be allowed?
ducklingpanda1245
+2
Level 48
May 14, 2021
We ever gonna add Covid-19?
JWatson24
+2
Level 71
Oct 10, 2021
Probably soon. Looks like the vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in kids as soon as this month. I'm guessing that, like influenza, it will be an annual or biannual shot in the future.
Bergen5864
+5
Level 58
Jul 31, 2021
Really nice quiz. I am a med student, everything mentioned here is completely correct. I only struggled with rotavirus and chicken pox, because where I am living we are not considering it as a "must" have vaccine
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 70
Oct 19, 2021
The list is almost the same as in my country, except for influenza which I was suprised to see there. Here this vaccine is only recommended for people above the age of 60 or who are at an increased risk for complications. I wonder what is the reason for the difference.
drzombiecakes
+1
Level 45
Nov 5, 2021
meningococcal is at 11 years, not 1 year
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