Florida’s surgeon general said he didn’t calculate the costs of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists have.
Florida’s surgeon general said Sunday that he had not weighed the cost – in terms of infections, hospitalizations or deaths – of ending vaccine mandates in the state. But scientists who have done those calculations say those costs may be high.
Another analysis, modeled by researchers at the University of Florida’s Center for Statistics and Quantitative Infectious Diseases last week after Ladapo’s announcement, suggests that even a small drop in measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine coverage among kindergartners in Florida – from the current rate of about 89% down to 85% – could raise the risk of measles spread and the size of outbreaks in the state.