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 ...
"The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first officially to recommend against the covid-19 vaccine for healthy children," Joseph Ladapo said, standing next to Florida's governor Rick de Santis at a panel discussion called "The Curtain Close on Covid Theater." The name refers ...
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 propaganda...
As surgeon general, Rivkees oversaw the health department during some of the worst months of the coronavirus pandemic in Florida. However, he was hardly the public-facing figure that Ladapo has turned out to be. Whereas the current surgeon general makes frequent appearances ...
Dr. Adriana Cadilla, a pediatric infectious disease physician at Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida, told PolitiFact that the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine was well documented. "We’ve never seen the extent of safety monitoring like we’re seeing now," she said. "What I see...
State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo Issues New mRNA COVID-19 Vaccine Guidance TALLAHASSEE, Fla. –Today, State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo has announced new guidance regarding mRNA vaccines. The Florida Department of Health (Department) conducted ananalysisthrough aself-controlled...
Murthy, the surgeon general, said “not nearly enough” progress was being made in the fight against misinformation spread through social media about COVID-19 and vaccines. Individuals, not just platforms such as Facebook, need to combat the problem, he said. ...
Rachel Maddow Show: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's judgment about the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be getting worse, not better.
Makary gained prominence on Fox News and other conservative outlets for his contrarian views during the COVID-19 pandemic. He questioned the need for masking and, though not opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine, had concerns about booster vaccinations in young...
Rachel Maddow Show: Dr. Joseph Ladapo's former UCLA supervisor does not think he should be Florida's state surgeon general.