Gov. Ron DeSantis announced plans on Tuesday to eliminate Floridas longstanding vaccine mandates, framing the move as a defense of parental rights and medical freedom. The announcement, made alongside Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and First Lady Casey DeSantis, drew immediate pushback from parents, physicians, and pediatric leaders who fear the change will put children and communities at risk.

Ladapo promised Florida would go further than any state in removing requirements.

The Florida Department of Health, we have some rules that we promulgated, not me, predecessors, that include maybe a half a dozen vaccines that are mandated in Florida, Ladapo said. So those are going to be gone, for sure. And were going to be working with our amazing Governor DeSantis and our wonderful lawmakers to g

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