Florida plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates statewide — including those for schools — according to an announcement by Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo at a Wednesday news conference . The move has sparked strong backlash from the healthcare community.

Ladapo, who is a longtime vaccine critic, argued that “every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.” Florida would be the first state to end all vaccine mandates.

“Who am I as a man standing here now to tell you what you should put in your body? Who am I to tell you what your child should put in your body? I don’t have that right,” he said. His comments were made alongside Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The announcement comes as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a known vaccine critic — leads the U.S. Department of

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