Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today

By Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Assistant Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies, Kennesaw State University
Stacie Kershner, Deputy Director of the Center for Law, Health & Society, Georgia State University

On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school.

Current Florida law and the state’s Department…

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