For American kids born in 1986, only 12.8% had chronic diseases. That number has grown to 54% among the vaccine generation (those born after 1986) in lockstep with the expanding vaccine schedule.

1. Children have never been sicker than today.

54% of American children have serious chronic health conditions according to a 2011 survey funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Conditions include neurodevelopmental disorders, asthma, allergies, mental health/behavioral disorders and obesity.

2. A growing body of peer- reviewed animal and human studies link childhood chronic illness epidemics to vaccines—

including Vaccine Adverse Event Reports and manufacturers' product inserts. The world's most aggressive vaccine schedule has not given our country the world's healthiest children. We now rank 35th in overall health outcomes —just behind Costa Rica, making the U.S., by most measures, including infant mortality, the sickest in the developed world.

3. Vaccine manufacturers and healthcare providers cannot be held liable for vaccine injuries.

In 1986, Congress passed the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act freeing companies from liability for injuries resulting from childhood vaccines—"no matter how toxic the ingredients, how negligent the manufacturer or how grievous the harm." The act created the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP) that is governed by HHS. Over $4.2 billion has been paid by consumers for vaccine injuries. The U.S. vaccine schedule has more than tripled since the 1986 Act.