Florida plans to abandon school vaccine missions and will take effect within 90 days | Florida

Florida’s plan Reduce vaccine authorization in schools The health department said on Sunday that unless lawmakers decide to extend it to other diseases, such as polio and measles, it may only take effect for 90 days, with only chickenpox and some other diseases.

Four days later, the department responded to the request for detailed requests Florida surgeonDr. Joseph Ladapo said the state will be the first to volunteer to vaccinate and let the family decide whether to get the child.

This is a retreat from decades of public policy and research that shows that vaccines are safe and the most effective way to stop the spread of infectious diseases, especially in children. Despite the evidence, Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr expressed profoundness Suspicion of vaccines.

The health department said Florida’s plan will lift the task of school vaccines against hepatitis B, chickenpox, Hebrew flu and pneumococcal diseases such as meningitis.

“The department initiated the rule changes on September 3, 2025, and the rule changes are expected to be valid for approximately 90 days,” the state told the Associated Press in an email. The public school year in Florida began in August.

The department said all other vaccinations required under Florida law are to go to school “stay in place unless updated by legislation”, including vaccines for measles, polio, diphtheria, whooping cough, mumps and tetanus.

Legislators will not meet again until January 2026, although the committee meeting began in October.

Ladapo appeared on CNN on Sunday, repeating his message of free choice of children’s vaccines.

“If you want them, God bless you can have the amount you want,” he said. “If you don’t want them, parents should have the ability and ability to decide what’s inside their children. It’s simple.”

Earlier this week, Radabo won criticize After he compared vaccine authorization to “slavery.” Speaking at a press conference with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Ladapo said of the vaccine’s skepticism: “Each of them is wrong and drips on disdain and slavery.”

His comments have sparked anger from lawmakers and health experts, and Democratic Florida representative Anna Eskamani said: “Ending the vaccine mandate is reckless and dangerous. It will drive immunity rates to lower immunity rates and put children, the elderly and vulnerable Floridians at risk for outbreaks of preventable disease outbreaks.”

Meanwhile, John Moore explain: “Florida’s undertakers now need to plan for the future by increasing the inventory of small coffins,” he added, with all preventable vaccines going to be added in schools.

Radabo had Change the data In 2022, a study by the state’s health department exaggerated the risk of heart death in young men. The study initially denied any significant risks associated with vaccines for young men. But, Ladabo replace Men aged 18 to 39 claim language is high risk of heart disease using two common vaccines using mRNA technology.

Ladabo also erroneously claimed in 2023 that the booster’s shot was not tested on humans and had “red flags”. In the same year, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Ladabo’s vaccine stance was harmful to the public.

“Protecting the lives of the people they serve, especially the vulnerable, is the job of public health officials across the country,” Federal Letter said. Add to: “Come on the hesitation of the vaccine will undermine this effort.”

There is currently one in Florida Religious exemption Meet vaccine requirements. The World Health Organization reported in 2024 that vaccines have saved at least 154 million lives worldwide in the past 50 years. Most of them are infants and children.

Dr. Rana Alissa, president of the Florida chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said putting vaccines voluntarily puts students and school staff at risk.

This is The worst year for measles In the United States, more than 1,400 cases have been confirmed nationwide for more than 30 years. Most of them are in Texasand three dead.

The big whooping cough killed at least two babies in Louisiana, A five-year-old from Washington state It has also spread rapidly since winter. As of August 23, there have been more than 19,000 cases, 2,000 more than last year Based on preliminary CDC data.

Maya Yang contributed the report