Ruth Jones, an immunization nurse, has a Pfizer-Bionntech Covid-19 (brand brand: Lation) in Borinquen Health Care Center in Miami, Florida, on May 29, 2025.
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Florida plans to put an end to all state mandates of vaccines, even for children to attend schools, state surgeon Joseph Ladapo, an outstanding immunization critic on Wednesday, announced Wednesday.
The measure would make Florida the first state in the US. Reversion could result that less children are immunicated against mortal viruses such as polyomyelitis and measles, and occurs when Florida leads southeast in exemptions of non -medical vaccines among children of children.
“The Department of Health of Florida, in association with the governor, will work to end all vaccine mandates in Florida's law, all of them. All of them,” Ladapo said during a press conference, and added that the State has “perhaps half a dozen” of shots demanded in the state.
The General Surgeon of Florida Joseph Ladapo and Governor Ron Desantis at a press conference at West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 6, 2022.
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All states currently have vaccine requirements to attend public schools, although exceptions vary according to the State. Florida is among the states that already allow parents to object vaccines for religious reasons.
Ladapo said the vaccine demands “dripping with disdain and slavery”, although they are destined to protect public health. Vaccines have saved the lives of more than 1.1 million children in the United States and have saved $ 540 billion in direct medical care costs in the last three decades, according to investigations of the centers for the control and prevention of diseases published in August.
Ladapo has longed on fears about vaccines, and their positions on shots and other measures have received criticism from the public health community. Last year, he asked for an arrest to use Covid-19 RNA shooting, citing false statements that soaps could contaminate a person's DNA.
The measure occurs when the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., moves to change vaccine policy in the United States, unlinking a key government immunization panel, canceling funds for the development of RNAs and eliminating COVID recommendations for certain groups.
