On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state[1] to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens[2], including those for children to attend school.
Current Florida law and the state’s Department of Health[3] require that children who attend day care or public school be immunized for polio, diphtheria, rubeola, rubella, pertussis and other communicable diseases. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general...