To the editor : Florida’s state Health Department intends to eliminate all vaccine mandates for kids, saying the move will boost parental rights in medical decisions for their kids ( “Florida moves to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates,” Sept. 3). Lt. Gov. Jay Collins said, “We’re … getting government out of your lives.”

And yet, in 2023 , the state passed a law banning gender-affirming care for minors. So much for getting the government out of our personal lives.

Kathy Harty, Sierra Madre

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To the editor : My parents didn’t believe in vaccines and I was always excused from vaccinations at school. Seeing photos of little kids in iron lungs and walking with leg braces made me realize I really wouldn’t want to get polio, so I got my own vaccine (a sugar cube in a paper c

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