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Doctors Muffled as Florida Moves to End Decades of Childhood Vaccination Mandates
Last edited Mon Oct 27, 2025, 09:02 PM - Edit history (1)
SARASOTA, Fla. -- Florida plans to end nearly a half-century of required childhood immunizations against diseases that have killed and maimed millions of children. Many critics of the decision, including doctors, are afraid to speak up against it.
With the support of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, on Sept. 3 announced his plan to end all school-age vaccination mandates in the state.
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," he told a cheering crowd of vaccination foes in Tallahassee. "Who am I, as a government or anyone else," he said, "to tell you what you should put in your body?"
History shows that mandates increase the use of vaccines. Lower vaccination rates will mean increased rates of diseases like measles, hepatitis, meningitis, and pneumonia -- and even the return of diphtheria and polio. Many of these diseases threaten not just the unvaccinated but also those they come in contact with, including babies and older people with weakened immunity.
With the support of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, MD, PhD, on Sept. 3 announced his plan to end all school-age vaccination mandates in the state.
"Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery," he told a cheering crowd of vaccination foes in Tallahassee. "Who am I, as a government or anyone else," he said, "to tell you what you should put in your body?"
History shows that mandates increase the use of vaccines. Lower vaccination rates will mean increased rates of diseases like measles, hepatitis, meningitis, and pneumonia -- and even the return of diphtheria and polio. Many of these diseases threaten not just the unvaccinated but also those they come in contact with, including babies and older people with weakened immunity.
https://www.medpagetoday.com/publichealthpolicy/publichealth/118169?
Insanity has taken over in Florida.
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