Florida Surgeon General: No Data Projection Done Before Move to Repeal Vaccine Mandates

Florida to end some vaccine mandates in 90 days, Trump urges caution

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced that Florida will end school vaccine requirements, making it the first U.S. state to do so. The announcement drew attention nationwide, including from the White House. On CNN’s “State of the Union” with Jake Tapper on Sunday, Ladapo acknowledged he had not studied the potential public safety impacts of removing vaccine mandates. He said outbreaks could occur, as in any state. Still, he said, no…

Florida Is About to Have a Lot More Sick Kids

Florida’s Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, plans to remove the state’s vaccine mandates—a move that will lead to more infections, hospitalizations, and likely even some deaths of young children in the state. Lifting the mandate would almost certainly lead to lower vaccine uptake in Florida, and it will have implications for Americans more widely. Florida would be the first state to formally lift the vaccine mandate and may inspire other state…

Florida details plan to drop school vaccine rules: What to know

Florida’s plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won’t take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida’s surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said the state would become the first to make vaccinations voluntary and let f…

Florida to ease school vaccine rules; shots for measles, polio still required

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department said Sunday.The department responded to a request for details, four days after Florida's surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, said the state would become the first to make vaccinations voluntary and let f…

Florida clarifies plans for vaccine mandates

Florida's plan to drop school vaccine mandates likely won't take effect for 90 days and would include only chickenpox and a few other illnesses unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, like polio and measles, the health department…

John Oliver Rips Into Anti-Vaccine Mandates & Trump’s “Ongoing War” On Higher Education

In his return to Last Week Tonight, John Oliver breezed through recent headlines (hello, Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce engagement) to rip into Florida’s ban of vaccine mandates for schoolchildren and delved into his overarching segment on POTUS Donald Trump‘s ongoing war on higher education. In response to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo claiming vaccine mandates were akin to “slavery,” Oliver quipped, “I am not a doctor, I just think about …