The left absolutely melted down on Wednesday after Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo revealed that the state is moving to eliminate every vaccine mandate on the books.
Ladapo announced that the Florida Department of Health, in partnership with Gov. Ron DeSantis, is “going to be working to end all vaccine mandates in Florida law.”
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This isn’t just about COVID shots, either — Ladapo is wiping out mandates for everything, including the requirements for schools and daycares. He didn’t pull his punches during the announcement, either. He compared these coercive rules to “slavery,” a hard-hitting metaphor that cuts through the nonsense of government overreach.
“Who am I, as a government official or as a man, standing here, to dictate what you should do with your body?” asked Ladapo during the press conference.
Naturally, the usual suspects are up in arms. Infectious disease experts and Democratic lawmakers are screeching about potential outbreaks and endangering kids.
The medical establishment wasted no time clutching its pearls over the possibility of ending school vaccine mandates. But, there’s a secret that all these experts and panic pushers seem to forget: There is nothing stopping anyone from getting the vaccines just because there is no mandate.
That’s the point the left doesn’t want to admit. Ending mandates doesn’t mean banning vaccines; it simply means parents get to decide what goes into their children’s bodies without the heavy hand of government forcing compliance.
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If you believe in vaccines — and let’s face it, most people do — nothing changes. You can vaccinate yourself and your kids exactly as before. Maybe you want to wait until your child is older, or space the shots out at a slower pace. Most parents will continue to follow their doctor’s guidance, with the key difference being that they’ll actually have the chance to give informed consent before anything is done. The only real change is that families who don’t put blind faith in Big Pharma won’t be punished for exercising their right to make their own medical decisions.
This is exactly what terrifies the left: Once government mandates are gone, the illusion of consensus crumbles. People start asking hard questions, weighing risks, and making their own choices.
In fact, we wouldn’t even be having this discussion if the Biden administration hadn’t tried to ram through COVID vaccine mandates for shots that were rushed to market, built on brand-new, untested mRNA technology, and riddled with dangerous side effects.
Worse still, those same vaccines were aggressively pushed on children, even though kids are overwhelmingly safe from COVID. Yes, children with underlying health issues faced risks, but for the vast majority, COVID was less deadly than the seasonal flu. In fact, unvaccinated children faced a lower risk of death from COVID than fully vaccinated adults of any age. Despite this reality, the CDC in 2023 decided to add COVID shots to the official vaccination schedule for both kids and adults. So it’s no wonder parents don’t trust the so-called experts in the medical establishment. They’ve earned that distrust.
This battle over vaccine mandates is about more than medicine; it’s a fight over freedom itself. While coastal elites in places like California and Washington cling to their mandates as if they’re gospel, Florida is boldly rejecting the tyranny disguised as “public health.” It’s clear which side respects personal rights and which one sees people as pawns to be controlled.
The left’s meltdown over Florida ending vaccine mandates reveals its true fear: losing its control over our bodies. At PJ Media, we expose the truth the mainstream ignores, that mandates are tyranny disguised as health policy. Join PJ Media VIP for exclusive content and ad-free browsing. Use promo code FIGHT for 60% off. Don’t wait — defend freedom now!
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