Florida's surgeon general made a surprising announcement last week that the state is moving to "end all vaccine mandates." Dr. Joseph Ladapo said the Florida Department of Health would be working with Gov. Ron DeSantis' office to end all mandates in state law. DeSantis noted that some vaccine mandates would be removed immediately while others would require legislative intervention. Ladapo said that parents should be able "to choose" what vaccines they want their children to receive or not to receive. In a statement to ABC News, the Florida Department of Health said the rule change will go into effect 90 days after the Sept. 3 announcement and will include the removal of immunization requirements for the hepatitis B vaccine, chickenpox vaccine, haemophilus influenza type b (Hib) vaccine and

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