Days before the Department of Health ( DOH ) is to hold a public meeting on changing Florida’s rules on vaccine requirements for schools, Senate President Ben Albritton said the issue is among those about which he and his team are trying to “build consensus.”

He said that while there’s ample evidence to show the efficacy and safety of long-used vaccines like those used for measles, mumps, polio, rubella, tetanus and others mandated in state statutes , he’s also swayed by the importance of parental rights.

“The one opinion I can have is the opinion of a dad and how (my wife) Missy and I would (act for our children). I’m a believer (in) the vaccines of old; some of these things have been around, just say, forever, a long time and have a great record,” he said.

“Now, there’

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