PLANT CITY, Fla. — Days after Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced plans to eliminate the state’s vaccine mandates for school children, Gov. Ron DeSantis defended the move Monday at an event in Plant City.

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Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced on Sept. 3 that he was pushing for the end the state's vaccine mandates for school children

Gov. Ron DeSantis defended that move Monday in Plant City

President Donald Trump has criticized the move

“The surgeon general believes, and I believe, that if you actually didn’t say, ‘You’ve got to take this or you’ll be punished,’ I think you’d actually have more uptake on some of those," DeSantis said. "I think there’s some people, they’re being told they have to do it, so they’re opting for the exempt

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