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Florida’s top health official is challenging decades of public health policy, defending his plan to roll back vaccine mandates for children in the state.

In a joint news conference with Governor Ron DeSantis last week, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced a proposal to eliminate requirements for several vaccines, giving parents sole authority over whether their children are immunized.

"We were moving to help create a state where people are no longer forced to put vaccines in their children's bodies because there's a mandate," Ladapo said Tuesday on the "Will Cain Country" podcast.

TAPPER 'SHOCKED' BY FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL'S PLAN TO END VACCINE MANDATES IN SCHOOLS

"People are welcome to put them in their bodi

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