Roshan N. Bransden
Freelance ReporterRoshan Nebhrajani Bransden is a reporter and family physician born and raised in South Florida. Her work has appeared in ABC News, The Miami Herald, WLRN and The New Tropic. She graduated with her B.S. in Journalism and International Studies from Northwestern University and her M.D. from Florida International University and lives in Miami with her husband and daughter. In her free time, you can find her foraging mangoes, listening to live music or swimming in the deliciously warm Atlantic.
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Florida's Surgeon General has called to end all vaccine mandates. Parents are confused, vaccine hesitancy is growing — and pediatricians say they are feeling the strain of tackling the mistrust. "When something as proven safe and effective and important as vaccines takes a disproportionate amount of our time and energy... it can be exhausting,” said one. -
Despite a call to end all vaccine mandates in the state of Florida, nothing has happened on a policy level. Yet, parents are confused, local pediatricians are seeing vaccine hesitancy growing and vaccine exemption rates are the highest they’ve been in a decade.
