Florida surgeon general says no data projections before proposing end to school vaccine mandates

On Sept. 7, 2025 Joseph Ladapo told CNN's Jake Tapper his department did not perform projections of how removing mandates would change disease incidence.

On Sept. 3, 2025 Ladapo said at a Valrico event: 'Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery.' He repeated that the state would work to end all school vaccine mandates.

Peer‑reviewed studies estimate DTaP effectiveness near 95–98% within a year after the fifth dose and about 71% by five years. The CDC's technical summaries document that vaccine protection wanes and that mandates and boosters are tools to control outbreaks.

The administration announced intent to remove mandates. Some rules can be rescinded by the 🌴Florida Department of Health. Other mandates are set in statute and would need legislative action. The announcement did not by itself repeal all mandates.