Florida's state surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is calling for doctors to stop recommending mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, citing alleged health risks promoted by anti-vaccine activists that federal health officials have already refuted as "implausible" and "misleading." Ina bulletinposted Wednesday ...
A doctor who appeared in a video tweeted by Donald Trump questioning the need for covid lockdowns and promoting the use of unproven treatments has said, in his new post as Florida surgeon general, that the state will recommend against covid vaccination for healthy children. The move goes ...
Ladapo has recently said masks “are not saving lives,” and announced his state would become the first to recommend that healthy children over age 5 not receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He has said the science behind Centers for Disease Control recommendations to the contrary is lacking. Dr. ...
Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo called on the FDA to halt the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine because of possible cancer risks among others. January 4, 2024 1:27pm EST Gov. Ron DeSantis: COVID-related mask mandates will never return to Florida ...
Drawing intense criticism, the state warned in its guidance that children who take the vaccine could contract serious conditions such as myocarditis, which is the inflammation of the heart muscle. At least four of the researchers whose work the departmentcited in its guidancesai...
nonsense,wrote soon after, “This is the first time that we’ve seen a state government weaponize bad science to spread anti-vaccine disinformation as official policy.” He went on to describe the move from Florida’s surgeon general as “a dangerous new escalation in anti-vaccine ...
Ron DeSantis, have been slow to counter anti-vaccine messages from Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, including the latest COVID bulletin. Ladapo is a DeSantis appointee and the top official at the state health department. The bulletin makes a number of false or unproven claims about the efficacy...
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state Republican leaders have objected to vaccination and mask mandates in a variety of settings during the pandemic. "While we recognize that our university has been under intense external pressures not to implement masking and vaccine mandates, I noneth...
Making matters slightly worse, as the state surgeon general rejected the "psychology" surrounding Covid-19 testing, he spoke from a podium featuringa signthat read, "Early Treatment Saves Lives." And while that's true, without an emphasis on testing, won't it be difficult to know who...
Speaking during a COVID-19 roundtable in West Palm Beach on Monday, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo cited a recent study from the New York State Department of Health, which looked at Pfizer’s coronavirus shot and found the vaccine’s effectiveness against hospitalizations in children...