Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo just delivered a fierce defense of his decision to end vaccine mandates for Hep B, chickenpox, Hib, and pneumococcal. Bookmark this. “Parental rights … absolutely need to be protected.” “It’s not a debate.” “They’re immutable.” “We’re not having a debate over what the herd immunity thresholds are.” “We’re not having a debate over the effectiveness of these different vaccines, which vary.” “We’re not having a debate over the safety of these different vaccines, which varies.” “Herd immunity isn’t constant for different vaccines.” “Some vaccines may protect against illness, but may not protect against transmission.” “To advance the goals of public health, one of the things is that we need to respect … parental rights.” “That’s been lost, unfortunately, in the conversation about public health recently.” “We’re not actually doing anything very new.” “We’re sort of falling back to classic tenets of public health.” @FLSurgeonGen @HealthyFla