At first glance, the cover of this book might seem graphic. If you count the needles in the infant, you will come up with eighteen. If you count the needles in the background, you will arrive at 63. This is only half the story.

Today, according to the CDC’s recommended immunization schedule, a child receives 36 shots containing a total of 126 vaccines from birth through six years of age. This is quadruple the number of vaccines a child received in the 1980’s. In 1983 a child received only 10 shots containing 30 vaccines.

Could this quadrupling of the vaccination schedule be responsible for the drastic increase in childhood disorders we are seeing today?