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OAN StaffΒ Brooke Mallory
6:25 PM β Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced on Wednesday that the Sunshine State will move to eliminate all vaccine mandates, a move that has sparked sharp criticism from some βpublic health expertsβ while earning support from parents who argue they shouldnβt be forced to vaccinate their healthy children.
βAll of them. All of them,β Ladapo responded, referencing vaccine mandates during a news conference, prompting the crowd to rise in applause. βEvery last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.β
Nonetheless, the state is not banning vaccinations altogether, and he noted that the Florida Department of Health will coordinate efforts with Governor Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.).
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βWho am I as a government or anyone else, who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body?β Ladapo continued. βWho am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body? I donβt have that right.β
Currently, Florida requires students attending public schools to be vaccinated, with specific requirements detailed on the Florida Department of Health website.
βYou want to put whatever different vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision,β Ladapo added. βYou donβt want to put whatever vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision. Thatβs how it should be.β
Dr. Robert Malone, recently appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the CDCβs independent vaccine advisory committee, wrote on X that he spoke with Ladapo on Tuesday, describing him as βa measured scientist who is on fire to change the system for the better.β
As a member of the advisory committee, Malone plays a key role in shaping CDC recommendations on vaccine eligibility. He has also been a vocal critic of mRNA vaccines.
However, critics of the decision soon chimed in to express their frustration as well.
βThe idea that children would be allowed to go to school unvaccinated is absolutely frightening,β said Dr. Richard Besser, a former acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Additionally, Dr. Susan Kressly, the president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, underscored what she described as the βcritical roleβ of childhood vaccinations in a statement.
βWe are concerned that todayβs announcement by Gov. DeSantis will put children in Florida public schools at higher risk for getting sick, and have ripple effects across their community,β Kressly said.
Ladapoβs announcement coincides with Governor DeSantisβ unveiling of Floridaβs βMake America Healthy Againβ commission, tasked with recommending ways to implement President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Kennedyβs initiative at the state level.
The commission will be chaired by First Lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins, with Ladapo, Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Shevaun Harris, and Department of Children and Families Secretary Taylor Hatch serving as members as well.
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