Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo defended his decision and plans to end all state-mandated vaccines on CNN Sunday morning during questioning from the network’s anchor Jake Tapper .

Right off the bat, Tapper asked Ladapo if the state used scientific analysis or data to decide to work toward ending vaccine requirements. The move would end vaccine mandates even for schoolchildren in the Sunshine State, and Lapado said his office did not use scientific comparisons.

“Absolutely not,” Ladapo said bluntly on CNN . “ … There’s this conflation of the science and, sort of, what is the right and wrong thing to do.

“You (Tapper) mentioned Whooping Cough, that is an example and part of this issue of informed consent. That’s an example of a vaccine that is ineffective. The data show that

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