Dr. Gupta: Florida Moving to End Vaccine Mandates Is Going to Put Gasoline on This Problem That Is Getting Worse

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GUPTA: “First I'll note for your audience that vaccine exemptions for non-medical reasons in the state of Florida have already existed, and they're increasing. So what he did yesterday was performative, it wasn't substantive, but it's going to put gasoline on this problem that is getting worse. And why does this matter? So communities across Florida, but frankly across the country, are seeing exemptions for say the polio vaccine, Willie, that are lowering coverage for communities to say 92 percent. Why does that matter? That matters because that's the threshold below which outbreaks start to happen.”