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Florida Says It Plans to End All Vaccine Mandates
The state would be the first to scrap requirements that children be vaccinated to attend school, among other rules.
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Dr. Ladapo stands at a podium with a microphone wearing a gray suit and red striped tie as Mr. DeSantis stands behind him to his right
Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, has long opposed vaccine mandates.Credit...Chris O'Meara/Associated Press
Patricia Mazzei
By Patricia Mazzei
Reporting from Miami
Sept. 3, 2025, 12:59 p.m. ET
Florida plans to become the first state to end all vaccine mandates, including for schoolchildren, rejecting a practice that public health experts have credited for decades with limiting the spread of infectious diseases.
Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo, the Florida surgeon general, made the announcement on Wednesday alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican. Mr. DeSantis rose to national prominence during the coronavirus pandemic, and over time he has espoused increasingly anti-vaccine views.
“Who am I to tell you what your child should put in their body?” Dr. Ladapo, a vocal denigrator of vaccines, said to applause during an event on Wednesday in Valrico, Fla., near Tampa. “Your body is a gift from Go
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/us/florida-says-it-plans-to-end-all-vaccine-mandates.html
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