"Calls to remove mandates in the US abound but country faces unique barriers compared with others which have high rates without mandates. US states have relied on vaccine mandates since the 1800s, when a smallpox vaccine offered the first successful protection against a disease that had killed millions. More than a century later, Florida's top public health official said vaccine requirements are unethical and unnecessary for high vaccination rates."
"You can still have high vaccination numbers, just like the other countries who don't do any mandates like Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the [United Kingdom], most of Canada, Florida Surgeon General Dr Joseph Ladapo said on October 16. No mandates, really comparable vaccine uptake. It's true that some countries without vaccine requirements have high vaccination rates, on a par with the United States."
"The countries Ladapo cited Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the UK and parts of Canada don't have broad vaccine requirements, research shows. Their governments recommend such protections, though, and their healthcare systems offer conveniently accessible vaccines, for example. UNICEF, a United Nations agency which calls itself the global go-to for data on children, measures how well countries provide routine childhood immunisations by looking at infant access to the third dose in a DTaP vaccine series that protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (whooping cough)."
Calls to remove vaccine mandates in the US have increased, while some officials argue mandates are unethical and unnecessary for high uptake. US states have used school vaccine requirements since the 1800s following smallpox successes. Florida requires immunisations for students through 12th grade with religious and medical opt-outs; about 11 percent of Florida kindergarteners are not immunised. Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is pushing to end school requirements with gubernatorial backing. Several countries cited—Sweden, Norway, Denmark, the United Kingdom, and parts of Canada—lack broad mandates but issue recommendations and provide easily accessible vaccines. UNICEF measures routine childhood immunisation coverage by DTaP3 access.
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