Florida is putting an end to all school vaccine mandates

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Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for children to attend schools, said state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, a prominent immunization critic.
The move would make Florida the first-ever state in the U.S. to withdraw from requirements credited with increasing vaccination rates in communities and preventing outbreaks of infectious diseases.
The rollback could result in fewer school children getting immunized against deadly viruses such as polio and measles.

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Ladapo said vaccine mandates “drips with disdain and slavery,” even though they are intended to protect public health. Vaccines have saved the lives of more than 1.1 million children in the U.S. and saved Americans $540 billion in direct health-care costs over the past three decades, according to research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released in August.

Ladapo has long stoked fears about vaccines, and his stances on shots and other measures have drawn criticism from the public health community. Last year, he called for a halt to using mRNA Covid-19 shots, citing false claims that the jabs could contaminate a person’s DNA.

The move comes as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. moves to change vaccine policy in the U.S., gutting a key government immunization panel, canceling funding for mRNA shot development and dropping Covid shot recommendations for certain groups.

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