Trump calls Florida's move to eliminate vaccine mandates a 'tough stance': 'You have vaccines that work'

President Donald Trump explained on Friday that Florida bureaucrats are taking a tough stance by moving to eliminate all vaccine mandates for students as he stated that several vaccines should be used I think we have to be very careful You have specific vaccines that are so amazing The polio vaccine I happen to think is amazing Trump advised reporters adding that he believes the COVID- vaccine developed during his first term is also amazing He continued You have specific vaccines that are so incredible and I think you have to be very careful when you say that particular people don't have to be vaccinated It's a very tough position it's a tough stance The president added that there are vaccines that work they just pure and simple work SCHOOL VACCINE MANDATES MAY GO AWAY IN SOUTHERN STATE SURGEON GENERAL ANNOUNCES They're not controversial at all Trump disclosed And I think those vaccines should be used otherwise a few people are going to catch it and they endanger other people And when you don't have conflict at all I think people should take them On Wednesday Florida Gov Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo disclosed the move to eliminate all vaccine mandates Ladapo even went as far as to compare vaccine requirements to slavery All of them Ladapo announced during a news conference Every last one of them is wrong and drips with disdain and slavery He also revealed vaccine mandates are wrong and immoral REPUBLICAN DOCTORS CLASH WITH RFK JR OVER VACCINES IN TENSE SENATE SHOWDOWNLadapo announced the Florida Department of Wellbeing would repeal mandates under his authority while the state legislature would need to address the others Florida has required students going to school to receive vaccinations for polio diphtheria measles rubella pertussis mumps tetanus and other communicable diseases although parents could still request exemptions on religious grounds Every U S state and Washington D C as of now requires vaccines for children to attend school Across the country there has been a decline in vaccinations among children The COVID- vaccine which Ladapo referred to as poison was removed from the recommended list for healthy children by the federal governing body under Robustness and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr Who am I as a administration or anyone else who am I as a man standing here now to tell you what you should put in your body Lapado declared 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