Florida has announced plans to end all school vaccine mandates, as Surgeon General Ladapo and Governor DeSantis target eight vaccines currently required for schoolchildren.
Florida’s Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo has announced the Sunshine State is working to end all vaccine mandates.
In a joint press conference on Wednesday with Gov. Ron DeSantis, Ladapo said the Florida Department of Health (FDH), in conjunction with the governor’s office, will end “every last one” of the vaccine mandates for schoolchildren under Florida law.
“Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery”, said Ladapo. “Who am I, as a government or anyone else, to tell you what you should put in your body? I don’t have that right. Your body is a gift from God.”
DeSantis stressed that informed consent is essential, stating that “information given to individuals, where they can then make an informed decision, should be the bedrock of how we function in health and in medicine.”
Eight vaccinations are currently required for children attending childcare, preschool and K–12 schools in Florida, according to FDH.
