Florida surgeon general admits no data projections were made before he proposed ending vaccine mandates

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo acknowledged in testimony before the state legislature that his department had not produced disease outbreak projections, herd immunity impact analyses, or epidemiological modeling before proposing the elimination of all school vaccine mandates. Ladapo argued that such modeling was unnecessary because parental choice should govern vaccine decisions. Public health experts and pediatricians testified that the admission revealed a dangerous disregard for evidence-based policy.