FLORIDA - President Donald Trump was asked on Friday about the governor's pitch to end vaccine mandates for schoolchildren, college students and nursing home patients.
"You have vaccines that work. They just pure and simple, work," he said. "They're not controversial at all. And I think those vaccines should be used. Otherwise, some people are going to catch it, and they endanger other people."
Some vaccines, like measles, mumps and polio, are dictated by the legislature and state law.
Others, like those for chicken pox and hepatitis, are dictated by the Department of Health.
"When you don't have controversy at all, I think people should take it," said President Trump.
Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo says those can be eliminated almost right away.
"This is an issue, very clearly, of