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 ...
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 ...
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...
A public reckoning with science in Florida has intensified in recent weeks — led by the state’s top health official. Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced Florida would be the first state to recommend against COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children....
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 ...
Rachel Maddow Show: Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo's judgment about the Covid-19 pandemic appears to be getting worse, not better.
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 case series,which is a technique originally developed to evaluate vaccine safety. ...
The U.S. surgeon general said Sunday that he’s concerned about what lies ahead with cases of COVID-19 increasing in every state, millions still unvaccinated and a highly contagious virus variant spreading rapidly. Noting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions ...
vowing a shakeup. As part of a flurry of nominations late Friday night, Trump also tapped doctor and former Republican Rep. Dave Weldon of Florida to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Fox News contributor Janette Nesheiwat is set to b...
Rachel Maddow Show: Dr. Joseph Ladapo's former UCLA supervisor does not think he should be Florida's state surgeon general.