Medical students at Florida International University and health experts are voicing their opinions following Wednesday's announcement by State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo about a plan to end all vaccine mandates in Florida.

"It's for the general safety of the school and everyone involved," said Luis Bermudez, an FIU freshman. "If we all have to worry about our own health so much more because the mandates are done away with, it's overall gonna lead to an unhappier society."

Other students see the decision differently.

"I think that people should get it if they want to. It should be an option," said Yesenia Garcia, an FIU student.

According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, all colleges and universities in Florida currently have a vaccine mandate.

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