Florida’s Surgeon General Announces “All” Vaccine Mandates Will Be Eliminated

When it comes to medical freedom, Florida leads the pack.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced in a press conference on Wednesday that Florida is in the process of eliminating all vaccine mandates.

This mandate will include vaccinations forced on children.

NBC News reported more details on the move by Florida’s Surgeon General:

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said Wednesday that the state will work to eliminate all vaccine mandates.

“All of them. All of them,” he 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.

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🚨 MAJOR BREAKING: The Surgeon General of Florida just announced ALL VACCINE MANDATES IN FLORIDA will be ENDED, and the room erupted.

All. Not just COVID. ALL.

JOSEPH LADAPO: "Every last one is wrong and DRIPS with disdain and slavery! Who am I, or anyone else, to tell YOU what… pic.twitter.com/Kah5LscGTo

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) September 3, 2025

Governor Ron DeSantis has also announced the elimination of vaccine mandates for all vaccines.

BREAKING: Florida will move to end all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, Gov. DeSantis says https://t.co/8UYTYhWdVr

— CBS News (@CBSNews) September 3, 2025

CBS News reported more on Florida’s current vaccine requirements:

In Florida, vaccine mandates for child day care facilities and public schools include shots for measles, chickenpox, hepatitis B, Diphtheria-tetanus-acellular pertussis (DTaP), polio and other diseases, according to the state Health Department’s website.

Under DeSantis, Florida resisted imposing COVID vaccines on schoolchildren, requiring “passports” for places that draw crowds, school closures and mandates that workers get the shots to keep their jobs.

“I don’t think there’s another state that’s done as much as Florida. We want to stay ahead of the curve,” the governor said.

The state “MAHA” commission would look into such things as allowing informed consent in medical matters, promoting safe and nutritious food, boosting parental rights regarding medical decisions about their children, and eliminating “medical orthodoxy that is not supported by the data,” DeSantis said. The commission will be chaired by Lt. Gov. Jay Collins and Florida first lady Casey DeSantis.

“We’re getting government out of the way, getting government out of your lives,” Collins said.

The commission’s work will help inform a large “medical freedom package” to be introduced in the Legislature next session, which would address the vaccine mandates required by state law and make permanent the recent state COVID decisions relaxing restrictions, DeSantis said.