Florida's top health official said last week that the state will start dismantling school vaccine mandates , something no other state has done in modern U.S. history. On Sunday, in a CNN interview with Jake Tapper, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo confirmed that his department did no data analysis or projections on how the change could affect outbreaks of diseases like measles, polio or whooping cough.

When Tapper pressed him, Ladapo said he didn't think modeling was needed. "Ultimately, this is an issue very clearly of parents' rights," he said. "So do I need to analyze whether it's appropriate for parents to be able to decide what goes into their [child's body]? I don't need to do an analysis on that."

The rollback, announced on Sept, 3, starts with rule changes

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