Florida Surgeon General wants to make polio great again [View all]

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but yesterday, Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said the state will be working to remove ALL vaccine mandates for children entering school — a practice that scientists say has helped diseases like polio move toward eradication.

Ladapo even related the mandates to slavery, saying during a press conference, "All of them. All of them... Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery... Who am I as a government or anyone else, who am I as a man standing here now, to tell you what you should put in your body?"

Online, reactions ranged from cautious to downright horrified. Here's what people are saying:

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