Florida plans to end all state vaccine mandates, said the state’s Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo , in comments comparing vaccine requirements to “slavery.”

The state currently has in place pre-K-12 immunization requirements for polio, measles-mumps-rubella, chicken pox, Hepatitis B and other diseases.

“Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery,” said Ladapo at a press conference alongside Gov. Ron DeSantis . “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body? I don’t have that right. Your body is a gift for God.”

DeSantis said he expects Ladapo will work with legislators in the upcoming Session to create a larger package of bills on the changes. Ladapo also said the Department of Health has the authority to stop about a half-dozen vacci

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