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riversedge

(77,562 posts)
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:31 PM Wednesday

Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed the establishment of the Florida Make America Healthy Again commission,




https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/florida-surgeon-general-says-state-will-eliminate-vaccine-mandates-rcna228835

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“The idea that children would be allowed to go to school unvaccinated is absolutely frightening,” said Dr. Richard Besser, a former acting director Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the CEO of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

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Ladapo's announcement came as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis revealed the establishment of the Florida Make America Healthy Again commission, which will recommend state-level integration of President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s Make America Healthy Again effort.

The commission will be chaired by first lady Casey DeSantis and Lt. Gov. Jay Collins. Ladapo, Agency for Health Care Administration Secretary Shevaun Harris and Department of Children and Families Secretary Taylor Hatch will also be members of the commission.

"The Florida MAHA commission will prioritize reforms that empower Floridians, reduce regulatory burdens and hold actors accountable for their conduct, while fostering incentives for healthy living and innovation," the governor said.
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bucolic_frolic

(52,234 posts)
3. They are mad scientists pairing a very bad idea with a modestly good one
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:39 PM
Wednesday

At least that's what I think they're doing. Less sugar low carbs is fine. To test it with no vaccines is insanity.

Norrrm

(2,877 posts)
4. How large an increase in dead children do they find acceptable from diseases that have vaccines?
Wed Sep 3, 2025, 07:50 PM
Wednesday

Response to sakabatou (Reply #7)

Norrrm

(2,877 posts)
8. "Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 50s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people st
Thu Sep 4, 2025, 08:29 PM
Thursday

"Go to an old cemetery. See all the baby graves from before the 50s & 60s? After that, hardly any. That's when people started vaccinating their children. If you're unsure what to do to protect your kids, the answer is literally written in stone" - Michael Okuda

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