Florida Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to parents that the Sunshine State will not require its students to submit to the experimental COVID-19 vaccine to attend school, regardless of the CDC’s vote on Thursday to recommend the jab to all children over the age of just six months old.

“As long as I’m kicking and screaming, there will be no COVID shot mandates for your kids,” he plainly stated at a press conference for Hurricane Ian relief measures. “That is your decision to make as a parent.”

The promise was met with a round of applause for the wildly popular governor.