President Donald Trump said Florida officials are taking a "tough position" by moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for students. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
"They're not controversial at all," Trump said. "And I think those vaccines should be used, otherwise some people are going to catch it and they endanger other people. And when you don't have controversy at all, I think people should take them."
On Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced the move to eliminate all vaccine mandates. Ladapo even went as far as to compare vaccine requirements to slavery.
"All of them," Ladapo said during a news conference. "Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery."
He also said vaccine mandates are "wrong" and "immoral."
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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo referred to the COVID-19 vaccine as "poison." (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
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The COVID-19 vaccine, which Ladapo referred to as "poison," was removed from the recommended list for healthy children by the federal government under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
"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?" Lapado said. "Who am I to tell you what your child should put in [their] body? I don’t have that right."
"You want to put whatever different vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision," he added. "You don’t want to put whatever vaccines in your body, God bless you. I hope you make an informed decision. That’s how it should be."
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