Governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo have announced that Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, making it the first in the nation to do so. Vaccines protecting against once-common and sometimes deadly childhood diseases like polio and measles have long been required for children at schools across the U.S.
DeSantis also announced on Wednesday the creation of a state-level “Make America Healthy Again” commission modeled after similar initiatives pushed at the federal level by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Governor Abbott of Texas is probably kicking himself for not thinking of this nonsense first. Too bad for him that his most recent “special session” is over with. I won’t be surprised to see his cohorts scrambling to add it as an agenda item next time.
No need, they already had measles kill a couple of children and permanently weaken hundreds more. Hell, it’s ol’ Death Santis that missed that boat!