Florida Surgeon General: No Data Projection Done Before Move to Repeal Vaccine Mandates

Florida to end some vaccine mandates in 90 days, Trump urges caution

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced that Florida will end school vaccine requirements, making it the first U.S. state to do so. The announcement drew attention nationwide, including from the White House. On CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper on Sunday, Ladapo acknowledged he had not studied the potential public safety impacts of removing vaccine mandates. He said outbreaks could occur, as in any state. Still, he said, no…

Florida Is About to Have a Lot More Sick Kids

Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, plans to remove the state’s vaccine mandates—a move that will lead to more infections, hospitalizations, and likely even some deaths of young children in the state. Lifting the mandate would almost certainly lead to lower vaccine uptake in Florida, and it will have implications for Americans more widely. Florida would be the first state to formally lift the vaccine mandate and may inspire other state…

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine rule won't start for 90 days

The plan to drop the mandates would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases.

Florida’s Plan to Drop Vaccine Mandates to Start in 90 Days, Won’t Cover All Vaccines

The first stage of Florida’s new plan to eliminate all vaccine mandates in the state will not take effect for a few months, officials said on Sept. 8. The Florida Department of Health initiated a change to requirements for childhood immunizations on Sept. 3 and “anticipates the rule change will not be effective for approximately 90 days,” a spokesperson for the department told The Epoch Times in an email. The change would remove requirements for…

Florida details plan to drop school vaccine rules: What to know

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said the state would become the first to make vaccinations voluntary and let f…

Florida to ease school vaccine rules; shots for measles, polio still required

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said the state would become the first to make vaccinations voluntary and let f…