Voters across the country have every right to be skeptical of the medical establishment after the lies and failures of COVID-19. But vaccines have a long and well-established history of maintaining public order in the United States. Florida is making a grave mistake in moving to undo all of the state’s other vaccine mandates.

There is no question that public health officials lost the trust of the public, especially conservatives, during COVID-19. At first, we were told masks did prevent the spread of the virus, then we were told they did not, then we were told they were mandatory, and then we were told they were largely ineffective again.