Florida to Eliminate Vaccine Mandates

Thursday, September 04, 2025

Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates ...

Posted by billy_boy at 07:43 AM | 72 COMMENTS | permalink

Florida will become the first state to end all vaccine mandates.
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" The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) Sep 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM

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#1 | Posted by billy_boy at 2025-09-03 01:25 PM

Alice Cooper wrote a song about this.

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#2 | Posted by qcp at 2025-09-03 01:30 PM

The GOP is a death cult. No other way to say it.

#3 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-09-03 01:36 PM

idk at some level I think we are dealing with two extremes.

Push back from the enormous number of vaccines required today vs required in 1986.
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#4 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-09-03 01:42 PM

MAGA dumfux influenced by Russian vaccine disinformation

www.cbsnews.com

#5 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-09-03 01:47 PM

THE GOP is being short sighted. The more girl children who die young due to disease means less sex slaves available in their teens.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-09-03 01:54 PM

"enormous number"

You're a god damned imbecile.

#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-09-03 01:54 PM

Yes, morons, this is exactly what you voted for.

#8 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-03 02:02 PM

Science is Too Woke?

The Stupid, it Burns.

When all the childhood diseases come roaring back Americans won't be permitted to visit other countries for health reasons.

America will stew in disease and morbidity.

This somehow seems like a plan the Top .001% came up with.

Get rid of the Useless.

More air and space for the Elites.

Freedumb.

#9 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2025-09-03 02:12 PM

Gosh, I wonder what this double Ivy Leaguers's plan will do to Florida's children, education system, agriculture sector, cruise ship industry, and tourism?

#10 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-03 02:19 PM

The vaccination rates have dropped to dangerously low levels in Florida. The part of Florida I live in is 10% below what's required for herd immunity. It's going to be one hellova self-inflicted tragedy.

#11 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-03 02:19 PM

Decades of public health progress ... pffft!
Elections have consequences.
And with this crew of malcontents, sociopaths, ignoramuses, haters, and freaks?
The horrendous consequences will be profound in their lethality.

#12 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-09-03 02:30 PM

So any school, including private schools, be able to impose a vaccine mandate if they so choose?

#13 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-03 02:37 PM

I doubt that. Public schools can't do anything the governor doesn't approve of. Books, sex-ed, dei, equal rights, actual black history, all controlled by the state of florida. I see nothing in any press releases that would allow any public school to require vaccinations and be allowed to go forward with that plan.

Private schools have no requirements at all. Not in education, teacher credentials, food, and the quality of the education they provide does not have to be available. I have no idea if any private school will be allowed to mandate vaccinations.

#14 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-03 02:49 PM

if people choose not to get their kids vaccinated, can we put them in a camps and expose them to measles, polio and smallpox and let them die?

It's what they want, right?

The real problem is, Covid wasn't deadly enough.

It's a shame it didn't kill all the deplorable trumping MAGAts.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-03 02:56 PM

Absolutely horrific policy that will cause Florida to be the source of numerous outbreaks across the country. As if I needed another reason to avoid that s*&^hole.

BTW bets on who will be the first moron to show up here proclaiming "duuhhhh If ThYe WoRkZ tHeN yOuz HaVE nUttInG toWoRrY AboUtZ!!"??

#16 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-03 04:01 PM

I have no idea if any private school will be allowed to mandate vaccinations.

#14 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-03 02:49 PM | Reply | Flag:

They can unless there's a law specifically barring that.

34% of private schools are catholic. The catholic church and its schools have a tradition of actively promoting vaccination.

You have to find some really wacked out fundamentalist christian private schools to go down that road.

#17 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-09-03 04:10 PM

You have to find some really wacked out fundamentalist christian private schools to go down that road.

POSTED BY SITZKRIEG

Or just go to Florida.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-03 04:14 PM

I've known some real weirdo homeschoolers out there who didn't get their kids vaccinated. They benefit from the herd immunity around them.

I always said if they realized suddenly they lost that herd immunity, they'd drop their holier than thou attitude towards vaccinations in a new York minute.

Those folks appreciate the fact vaccinations have been mandated everywhere around them.

Let's see how they like this.

#19 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-03 04:16 PM

BTW, Eberly - any records of COVID vaccinations, any requirement for COVID vaccinations were all mandated out of existence for ALL educational institutions in Florida. It was illegal to mandate it. The talk is the GOP legislators in Florida want that expanded to all vaccinations.

Given they've already done it for COVID, I'd bet that they're going to prohibit private schools mandating vaccination as a requirement to attend.

#20 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-03 06:44 PM

That's what I would assume as well.

Nuts

#21 | Posted by eberly at 2025-09-03 06:48 PM

Dr Mehmet Oz agrees with Florida that US states should not have childhood vaccine mandates. Of course he would say that. "Dr Oz" would make a fortune for himself with his immense portfolio of health insurance company stocks. Our sickness is their profit. Link: x.com

#22 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-09-04 02:23 AM

Translation: Florida is an insane asylum run by the sickest of the sick. It now will let Polio back into our country, and other horrible diseases as well.
As a kid in the 1950's I remember the terror that Polio caused parents and the medical world, until the Salk Vaccine came along.

#23 | Posted by Hughmass at 2025-09-04 07:51 AM

I imagine Disney World will see a huge drop off in visits once all these 19th century diseases a come back in Florida.

#24 | Posted by qcp at 2025-09-04 08:33 AM

"Push back from the enormous number of vaccines required today vs required in 1986."

Vaccines are no just arbitrarily created. They are developed in response to serious health threats fron viruses. both long time threats and newer threats from viruses never seen before like COVID. Vaccines are only dveloped when a threat becomes so large that it is a serious threat to life. Today we have a laege anti-science movement opposed to vaccines which is basically insane as has been very publicly illustrated by some very unfortunate well known people who were convinced that science was the enemy and who died from preventable illness unnecessarily but thr forces of ignorance are still with us spouting insane conspiracy theories. We have several of these fools posting right here on this site. Ignorance is a prjrst President that embraced and enciuraged itobbeen with us but today we have the flem that has always been wuth us resident who embraces and ebcourages itbut today we have a President who embraces and encourages it.

#25 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 08:37 AM

The catholic church and its schools have a tradition of actively promoting vaccination.

That's because Catholics want more Catholics, not less.

#26 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-04 09:11 AM

So what? Get yourself vaccinated and laugh while all the morons get sick and die off. Make the best of it. This country is supposed to be about liberty. Fuggem'all.

#27 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-09-04 09:13 AM

Unfortunately, Lee, it's not that easy.

We can laugh at them at first.

While whatever disease these filthy rpugs will be carrying around has time to mutate until eventually it can beat the vaccines.

Then, not so funny.

#28 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-04 09:17 AM

We will need FEMA camps to house the diseased repukes before that happens.

We'll call them rtard sanitariums.

#29 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-04 09:18 AM

That might be funny.

#30 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-04 09:18 AM

Or perhaps sani-rtardiums.

#31 | Posted by horstngraben at 2025-09-04 09:20 AM

"Polio is for winners!"

-Flori-duh Man

#32 | Posted by censored at 2025-09-04 09:20 AM

Well... that's one way to kill off a lot of boomers and some fat Gen Xers.

#33 | Posted by RightisTrite at 2025-09-04 09:22 AM

So what? Get yourself vaccinated and laugh while all the morons get sick and die off. Make the best of it. This country is supposed to be about liberty. Fuggem'all.

#27 | Posted by lee_the_agent

The biggest risk is for infants. If passive immunity from mom isn't enough or isn't present because the baby isn't breast fed, then they're wide open to diseases that were so detrimental to young children we developed vaccines in the first place.

Look up a video of an infant with whooping cough. It's horrific and unnecessary.

#34 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-04 10:00 AM

Suit yourself, but I am through having empathy for morons. The more of them go, the lighter the world will feel. Hooray! We lost a moron!

#35 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-09-04 10:02 AM

I think the Missouri GOP, not to be outdone in its MAGA fervor, will actually try to introduce as many diseases as it can in the state while it follows FL's lead to eliminate vaccine mandates. That'll show em!

#36 | Posted by HeeHaw at 2025-09-04 10:16 AM

I always said if they realized suddenly they lost that herd immunity, they'd drop their holier than thou attitude towards vaccinations in a new York minute.
#19 | Posted by eberly

My man.

COVID taught us they aren't going to drop their holier than thou attitude towards vaccinations.

#37 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-04 10:16 AM

The mandate thing is the only change.
And Florida isn't the only state to have done this.

#38 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 10:44 AM

As millions of undocumented people from 3rd world countries poured into our country, I never heard a liberal voice concern over health issues from the unvaccinated. Not...One...Time...

#39 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 10:50 AM

The comment that perfectly encapsulates the sheer stupidity of todays antivax movement was when a prominent antivaxxer statement was:

"What if instead of a vaccine we were just able to get exposed to a weak version of the virus that enabled us to build the antibodies we need to fight the real thing."

Chef's kiss stupidity right there.

#40 | Posted by Nixon at 2025-09-04 10:50 AM

THIS is Florida Man saying to Texas Man; "Here, hold my beer!".

#41 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-04 11:17 AM

"I never heard a liberal voice concern over health issues from the unvaccinated. Not...One...Time..."
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No? Then you haven't been listening! We've been loudly saying vaccinations for all!
We realize that the unvaccinatedl people present a threat to all unvaccinated people like maybe right wing cranks but us evil liberals we don't want that disease to anyone including wing fools who object to vaccinations purely for political reasons. We got vaccinaouldn;t everyone do that?ou;dn'tted so we know we're not spreading disease to anyone! Really, why wouldn't everyone do that?

#42 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 11:24 AM

My family, we talked about this last night. No more trips to Floriduh.
Safer in several respects to go overseas or to New England.
we're just one family, but I have a strong feeling we're not alone at all in this sentiment.

Can the reader imagine what a nightmare DisneyWorld and FL cruise ships are going to become?

#43 | Posted by e1g1 at 2025-09-04 11:39 AM

Suit yourself, but I am through having empathy for morons. The more of them go, the lighter the world will feel. Hooray! We lost a moron!

#35 | Posted by lee_the_agent

I'm not referring to the anti-vaxx morons. I'm referring to the collateral damage of people who aren't anti-vaxx morons suffering because their child gets infected with a disease that a vaccine once kept in check.

#44 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-04 11:39 AM

Can the reader imagine what a nightmare DisneyWorld and FL cruise ships are going to become?

POSTED BY E1G1

After watching the Poop Cruise on Netflix I had already ruled out cruises.

And now there goes any thought of a trip to Disney World with the grandkids. If we ever get another hankering for a Disney fix again now I guess it's Anaheim or the Disney Channel.

#45 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-04 11:49 AM

Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see
It's getting hard to be someone, but it all works out
It doesn't matter much to me

- McCartney/Lennon

#46 | Posted by Corky at 2025-09-04 11:50 AM

What if you have a six year old ready to start 1st grade this year? have to say I would seriously consider moving to a state with a governor who isn't crazy! Probably a blue state, I really am sick of living in s state run by right wing lunatics. Fortunately for me even my grsnd children are grown adults. But now I'll worry about their kids.

#47 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 12:20 PM

No? Then you haven't been listening! We've been loudly saying vaccinations for all!

#42 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 11:24 AM | Reply | Flag:

No you didn't. No one here on the left gave a rat's ass about people pouring into this country with no documentation whatsoever...

What you were screaming about was Americans who refused an experimental shot. You and every other moron here wanted to see them lose their jobs over an emergency use vaccination because of a political ax that needed grinding.

#48 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 12:49 PM

What you were screaming about was Americans who refused an experimental shot.

Tell me you're ignorant as h$(( without telling me you're ignorant as h#((.

#49 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-04 12:52 PM

Tell me you're ignorant as h$(( without telling me you're ignorant as h#((.

#49 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-04 12:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

STFU raetard. go check your fries.

#50 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 12:56 PM

Thanks for confirming it, dips*&^.

#51 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-04 01:02 PM

"No one here on the left gave a rat's ass about people pouring into this country with no documentation whatsoever..."

Don't make me laugh! Where were you when George W, Bush told us they were only coming here to do jobs Americsns won't do! Like picking fruits and vegetables we all eat every day!
I have and still do support vaccinations for all because the long term result of that would be only the right wing lunatics would be dying from preventable diseases!

#52 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 02:46 PM

#47 | POSTED BY DANNI AT 2025-09-04 12:20 PM | FLAG: The vaccines are there, just not the mandates, so you can get that child vaccinated - your choice.

#53 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-09-04 03:10 PM

The vaccines are there, just not the mandates, so you can get that child vaccinated - your choice.

And this is why ignorance is going to hurt and kill so many. Cluelessness on how vaccinations work.

Generally speaking, you aren't fully immunized with the first shot. Your kids won't be with their first shot for MMR, TDap, etc. Older adults have waning vaccine efficacy. That means kids that aren't yet fully immunized can bring home diseases from kids that aren't vaccinated at all. Those can spread to adults with weaker immune responses.

That's why we call it PUBLIC HEALTH.

#54 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-04 03:18 PM

MSG is a boomer who gets all his information from right wing Facebook groups

#55 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-09-04 03:21 PM

#55 | POSTED BY CLOWNSHACK AT 2025-09-04 03:21 PM | FLAG: No, just am able to determine want removing the mandate does', ie.e, reading comprehension - something you should work on child.

#56 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-09-04 07:39 PM

Apparently you aren't able.

#57 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-04 07:47 PM

"POSTED BY DANNI AT 2025-09-04 12:20 PM | FLAG: The vaccines are there, just not the mandates, so you can get that child vaccinated - your choice."

If I had a six year old today I would take them to a place where vaccibations are mandatory a nd where Daddy's can't decide not to vaccinate to prove their MAGA creds,

#58 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 07:51 PM

The vaccines are there, just not the mandates, so you can get that child vaccinated - your choice.
#53 | Posted by MSgt

It shouldn't be your choice to spread your disgusting illegal immigrant diseases to healthy Americans.

What exactly do you not understand about that?

#59 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-04 07:58 PM

Ouch!

#60 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-04 08:20 PM

Thanks for confirming it, dips*&^.

#51 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-09-04 01:02 PM | REPLY | FLAG:

Oh look, Dollar Tree Dr. has a comeback. STFU loser.

#61 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 08:50 PM

"No, just am able to determine want removing the mandate does"

It lets the disgusting unvaccinated immigrant kids into our schools to spread their disgusting immigrant diseases.

Now, tell us why that's good for America.

#62 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-04 08:53 PM

Or just go to Florida.

#18 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-09-03 04:14 PM | Reply

Before the Trumpers arrived, the largest hardcore anti-vax crowd were fundamentalist Christians in Californian private schools.

#63 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-09-05 08:52 AM

The antivax horseshoe is wild. It'll be smaller in a few generations.

#64 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-09-05 08:53 AM

Oh look, Dollar Tree Dr. has a comeback. STFU loser.

#61 | Posted by lfthndthrds

As usual, every post you type from your trailer house oozes bitterness and inadequacy.

#65 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-05 10:45 AM

"Or just go to Florida."

Is "moving to Florida" a new method of suicide?

#66 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-05 12:59 PM

No? Then you haven't been listening! We've been loudly saying vaccinations for all!
#42 | Posted by danni at 2025-09-04 11:24 AM | Reply | Flag:
No you didn't. No one here on the left gave a rat's ass about people pouring into this country with no documentation whatsoever...
What you were screaming about was Americans who refused an experimental shot. You and every other moron here wanted to see them lose their jobs over an emergency use vaccination because of a political ax that needed grinding.
#48 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-09-04 12:49 PM | Reply | Flag:| Funny: 1

Imo, Biden allowing flights for Thanksgiving rather than stopping air traffic is what brought Covid full-force into the United States.

That four magical vaccines were produced within weeks of the first infection, yet the hodge-podge vaccination mandate was used as a political weapon rather than a sensible response to a bioweapon.

All to keep up appearances.

Chinas weapon "accidentally" infected the planet.

#67 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-09-05 02:19 PM

What are you blathering about?

#68 | Posted by jpw at 2025-09-05 02:20 PM

69!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#69 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-09-05 05:08 PM

Imo, Biden allowing flights for Thanksgiving rather than stopping air traffic is what brought Covid full-force into the United States.

Biden?

#70 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-09-05 05:14 PM

#70 - LMAO!
Yeah, that timing just doesn't work, does it?

#71 | Posted by YAV at 2025-09-06 12:09 PM