What could Florida's vaccine mandate struggles teach other states?

About this episode

The episode discusses Florida's struggles with vaccine mandate legislation and its implications for other states.

Republicans in Florida pushed hard to drop some childhood vaccine requirements for school. But efforts petered out. What could this mean for other states considering similar moves? Kerry Sheridan reports. Support NPR and hear every episode of Trump's Terms sponsor-free with NPR+. Sign up at plus.npr.org . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

Topics covered

• vaccine mandates
• politics
• childhood vaccines
• Florida
• Republicans
• public health

Keywords

• Florida
• vaccine mandate
• childhood vaccines
• Republicans
• public health
• politics

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Places: Florida, other states

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