# Florida is scrapping their childhood vaccine mandates **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Created:** [September 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716 "2025-09-03T17:25:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/1 "2025-09-03T17:25:37Z")
Is there a way to make sure measles doesn’t escape the state lines? Seriously, though, this seems like a health disaster in the making. ---
**Author:** ![ricepad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@ricepad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricepad)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/2 "2025-09-03T17:30:46Z")
RFKJr. is _the_ health disaster in the making. This just accelerates it locally. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/3 "2025-09-03T17:34:55Z")
Here is what is being reported: > **[Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state,...](https://apnews.com/article/florida-childhood-vaccines-mandate-eliminate-desantis-363323dcdd3811ca9ad7def5f9a30fb2)** > > Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/4 "2025-09-03T17:37:42Z")
I posted a gift link to the _Washington Post_ story here: > [@Anti-vaxxers are ignorant scumbags that kill children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anti-vaxxers-are-ignorant-scumbags-that-kill-children/764626/1453): > > And now Florida’s surgeon general—with the governor’s support—has announced their plans to end all state vaccine mandates, including for polio. roll_eyes Gift link (but may require registration): [https://wapo.st/4p68Vzy](https://wapo.st/4p68Vzy) Gift link (but may require registration): [https://wapo.st/4p68Vzy](https://wapo.st/4p68Vzy) There are some great reader comments in response that article. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/5 "2025-09-03T17:49:01Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > RFKJr. is _the_ health disaster in the making. This just accelerates it locally. RFK Jr. is a [uniquely anti-science and self-dealing lunatic](https://youtube.com/shorts/Q4yFYJ6W8dk?si=jsmMOeCGbtWRmAA_), but the GOP overall has become a child-hating death cult where various leaders are competing to be the most malicious. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/6 "2025-09-03T17:54:28Z")
Well, they love children while they are still inside a woman’s body, but once they leave the worthless and expendable incubating vessel, then yeah, they don’t give a shit about the child. From the article I linked: _“We’re getting government out of the way, getting government out of your lives,”_ 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/7 "2025-09-03T19:28:17Z")
What an absolute catastrophe. Innocent children will be the ones paying the price. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/8 "2025-09-03T19:41:10Z")
If you’re going to Disney this year, get a booster like traveling to a 3rd world country. Or don’t go. That’ll loss of revenue will change their minds. ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/9 "2025-09-03T19:51:02Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If you’re going to Disney this year, get a booster like traveling to a 3rd world country. > > Or don’t go. That’ll loss of revenue will change their minds Just go to Disney_land_ instead. [![](https://images.axios.com/z4oJ-ULGe_ur3QYU2llxmeNG_Hs=/0x0:3286x3286/1920x1920/2024/11/07/1731005877856.jpg) ](https://images.axios.com/z4oJ-ULGe_ur3QYU2llxmeNG_Hs=/0x0:3286x3286/1920x1920/2024/11/07/1731005877856.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/10 "2025-09-03T19:54:28Z")
That’s the ticket. 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/11 "2025-09-03T22:50:21Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Well, they love children while they are still inside a woman’s body I think I just figured out why. I’m given to understand pregnancy is not the most enjoyable or even comfortable condition. So these domestic terrorists (as I’ve been calling the pubbies’ for a long while now) are for it. In their tattered tiny so-called minds, a pregnant woman, especially a poor or marginalized woman, is a miserable woman. And that gives the pubbies’ orgiastic glee. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/12 "2025-09-03T22:51:20Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Just go to Disney_land_ instead. Better yey, go to neither. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/13 "2025-09-03T23:18:00Z")
Re Florida, some of the headlines say it concerns all vaccine requirements, and some say it just has to do with children I cannot find the full context for this: [”All of them. All of them,” Ladapo 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.”](https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-says-state-will-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-rcna228835) Does that definitely just apply to humans? What about dogs and cats? This is not an absurd concern: [The prevalence, politicization, and health policy consequences of canine vaccine hesitancy](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0264410X23010150) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/14 "2025-09-03T23:23:47Z")
Moderating: > [@Monty](#): > > So these domestic terrorists (as I’ve been calling the pubbies’ for a long while now) are for it. In their tattered tiny so-called minds, a pregnant woman, especially a poor or marginalized woman, is a miserable woman. And that gives the pubbies’ orgiastic glee. You’ve done much of your posting in the Pit of late, and perhaps this has caused you to overlook the fact that not all forums are meant for Pit-like posts such as this one. Please keep this in mind for posts going forward. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/15 "2025-09-04T00:03:27Z")
Thank you very much for this note. I really did not realize the post was not in the Pit. I don’t mind you “cornfielding” the post if needed. My apologies. ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/16 "2025-09-04T00:04:57Z")
We generally don’t cornfield posts except from trolls. Which you most definitely are not. 🙂 It can stand, but thanks for the offer. Apology appreciated but not necessary. We all lose track of where we are on the Board sometimes (including me). ---
**Author:** ![griffin1977](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/17 "2025-09-04T00:36:45Z")
Seriously f\_cking evil bastards. This will kill children. Lots of them. Not just in Florida. And the people doing that know this, they are not stupid people. Like so much evil sh\_t is happening right now, but this stands out for me. The ONLY reason for this is to pander to the antivax extremists that the GOP has decided to co-opt for political purposes. And these bastards know that. They weighed up killing their constituents children vs the votes of the antivax contingent and decided the votes were worth it ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/18 "2025-09-04T00:52:16Z")
That doctor needs his license revoked! ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/19 "2025-09-04T01:19:37Z")
> [@griffin1977](#): > > This will kill children. Lots of them. Not just in Florida. And the people doing that know this, they are not stupid people. While I won’t say that’s their plan, this is the direction they’ve been pointing us towards for the last few years, so it’s hardly a surprise. I don’t expect any changes until we end up with a lot of sick and/or dead children. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716/20 "2025-09-04T01:28:36Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > From the article I linked: > > _“We’re getting government out of the way, getting government out of your lives,”_ So they don’t want government assistance after the next earthquake? And are they refusing Social Security and Medicare benefits? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/florida-is-scrapping-their-childhood-vaccine-mandates/1022716.md?page=2)