Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Decades-old Florida vaccine mandates are going to end soon, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo announced on Wednesday.
The state mandates vaccines for schoolchildren, including those that protect against chickenpox, measles-mumps-rubella, polio and Hepatitis B.
Ladapo likened the vaccine mandates to "slavery" and said they will end while announcing the pending change during a news conference at Grace Christian School in Valrico, the Tampa Bay Times reported.
He said the state has mandates for about half a dozen vaccines, which will be repealed.
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