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Florida officials are pushing to eliminate all school vaccine mandates, sparking concern among health experts, per the Miami Herald .

Earlier this week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced their intent to drop school vaccine mandates, arguing that parents should decide which vaccines their children receive. The pair are both long-time opponents of COVID-19 mandates and are now extending that stance to all vaccines.

“Who am I as a man standing here now to tell you what you should put in your body?” Ladapo said during a press conference, comparing mandates to “slavery.”

Florida currently requires students to be vaccinated against diseases including measles, polio, tetanus, whooping cough, hepatitis B, and chickenpox

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