True or False: Florida became the first U.S. state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates for school enrollment in 2025.

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo made Florida the first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates for school enrollment in 2025, calling requirements "equivalent to slavery." This decision removed longstanding protections for diseases like measles, mumps, polio, and whooping cough. Measles requires 95% vaccination coverage to maintain herd immunity—the threshold where enough people are immune to stop transmission. When Florida dropped mandates, exemption rates climbed, creating pockets where measles can spread rapidly. Before 2000, measles killed 400-500 Americans yearly; vaccination eliminated it until recent outbreaks.

True or False: Florida became the first U.S. state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates for school enrollment in 2025.

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