The childhood vaccination schedule

There are studies that contradict the NHS rationale outlined above – a few are referenced here:

‘It was long believed that a newborn’s immune system was an immature version of an adult’s; now, researchers show that newborns instead use their T cells differently than adults.’ 

Source: Cornell University 

Children’s immune systems may also be stronger than those of adults:  

‘Several studies have shown that children have stronger nasal activation of their innate immune response — a broad, general anti-infection defense system — than do adults.’  

Source: YaleNews 

After your baby is born, if you breastfeed, you pass some types of antibodies to your baby through the milk. This antibody transfer allows your baby to gain protection against harmful germs before their immune system is ready to create all those antibodies on its own.  

'The infant immune system is stronger than most people think and beats adults at fighting off new pathogens.’  

Source: Columbia University Irving Medical Center 

‘Researchers have, for the first time, discovered that a specific type of immune cells - called regulatory T cells - expand in the first three weeks of life in breastfed human babies.' 

Source: Birmingham Women’s and Children’s NHS Foundation Trust