US EditionFlorida’s Former Surgeon General Warns Against Ending Vaccine Mandates
Florida will remove all vaccine mandates including school requirements, with vaccination rates declining to 90.6% among kindergarteners, the lowest in over a decade, health officials said.
- Ladapo and Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that Florida plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates, including for K-12 public schools, making it the first state to do so.
- At the Tampa event, Joseph Ladapo, Florida Surgeon General, said vaccine mandates 'are wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,' framing the change as rooted in informed consent and parental rights.
- Recent data show Florida's measles-mumps-rubella vaccine rate at 88.1%, while University of Florida's Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases found lowering coverage from about 89% to 85% raises outbreak risks and sizes.
- Lawmakers and physicians warned that Florida's congressional delegation urged Governor Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to reconsider and restore long-standing vaccine safeguards, while the American Medical Association strongly opposes the plan.
- Researchers warn that a 15% decline in measles vaccinations over 25 years could cause 1 million cases in Florida, a vulnerable state due to its large population and tourism near Disney World in Orlando.
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Republicans bash Florida’s anti-vaccine stand: ‘Horrible idea’
Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida’s move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states. The apprehensions highlight the internal GOP divide over both the public health benefits of vaccines and the powers of government at any level to require residents to obtain those inoculations in the name of community safety. “V…
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Florida's new vaccine policy will cause children to die, Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana says
WASHINGTON – Ending vaccine mandates for children, as Florida did last week, will lead to unnecessary deaths, U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy, who chairs the Senate’s health committee, said Tuesday.
Republicans Bash Florida’s Anti-Vaccine Stand
“Republicans on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over Florida’s move to end vaccine mandates for school children, voicing fears about the spread of preventable infectious diseases and what it means for their home states,” The Hill reports.
Rick Scott doesn't see logic in Ron DeSantis' vax mandate repeal
Florida’s most recent former Governor is again breaking with his successor over a call to repeal all vaccine mandates, painting it as unnecessary given Florida law effectively allows parents latitude. “We didn’t need to make any change. Parents already had the right to make changes if they wanted to,” said Sen. Rick Scott. “So I don’t know why they made the change they did.” Gov. Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joe Ladapo made the argument last…
'Wait, what is whooping cough?': Anti-vaxx mom about to find out the hard way as MAHA policies threaten kids' lives
Anti-vaccination groups are gaining political influence as states like Florida move to eliminate vaccine requirements for children. The movement, connected to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) campaign, has found new support among some mothers who believe vaccines cause more harm than good. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced this week that the state will work to eliminate all vaccine mandates, making it the first in the nation t…
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