Nbcnews l Wednesday, September 3, 2025 
Florida surgeon general says state will eliminate all vaccine mandates

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Wednesday that the state will work to eliminate all vaccine mandates, a move that drew condemnation from public health experts. “All of them. All of them,” Ladapo said during a news conference as the crowd stood and erupted in applause. “Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.” He said the Florida Department of Health will work in partnership with the governor. He said forcing vaccine mandates is “wrong” and “immoral.” “Who am I as a government or anyone else, who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body? Lapado said. “Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body? I don’t have that right.” Florida requires current vaccinations for students going to public school. Those requirements are outlined on the Florida Health website. The state is not banning vaccinations. “You want to put whatever different vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision,” Ladapo said. “You don’t want to put whatever vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision. That’s how it should be.” Dr. Robert Malone, whom Kennedy recently appointed to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisory committee, wrote on X that he had spoken with Ladapo on Tuesday, calling him “a measured scientist who is on fire to change the system for the better.” As a member of the advisory committee, Malone is instrumental in…Read more