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'''Joseph Ladapo''' is the Surgeon General of the State of Florida who announced in September 2025 that he is terminating all [[vaccine]] mandates.<ref>https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/09/03/florida-ends-vaccine-mandates-schools-joseph-ladapo</ref>
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'''Joseph Ladapo''' is the Surgeon General of the State of Florida who announced in September 2025 that he is terminating all [[vaccine]] mandates.<ref name="Axios">https://www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2025/09/03/florida-ends-vaccine-mandates-schools-joseph-ladapo</ref>
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As reported by Axios Tampa Bay:
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{{cquote|Friction point: Gov. [[Ron DeSantis]] said that the state Department of Health can end vaccine mandates not written into state law, but any others will require action by the Legislature.
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State statutes currently require school children to get immunized against seven illnesses: polio, diphtheria, measles, whooping cough, mumps and tetanus.
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The statute allows the state Department of Health to add vaccines to the list, but not remove any.
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As of August, the state Department of Health required students to be vaccinated against four additional illnesses: chickenpox, Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib), hepatitis B, and pneumococcal disease.<ref name="Axios"/>}}
 
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