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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 07:54 PM Sep 2021

DeSantis Taps New Anti-Mandate Surgeon General, Who Says 'There's Nothing Special About' Vaccines

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Tuesday that he’s chosen Joseph Ladapo, a Harvard-educated physician who has questioned whether Covid-19 vaccines could help end the Covid-19 pandemic, will be the state’s top public health official.

Last year, Ladapo called masking a “distraction.” He cited certain randomized clinical trials and said, “Most have shown that wearing a mask has little or no effect on respiratory virus transmission.” Like DeSantis, Ladapo is also against mandating masking and vaccinations. “Florida will completely reject fear,” Ladapo declared. “Fear is done.”

At one point, he was asked a question (that was inaudible) about vaccines.
“Vaccines are up to the person,” responded the new surgeon general. “There’s nothing special about them compared to any other preventive measure. People get to make a choice about what they want to do with the information.”

Ladapo was then asked if the state should be promoting the vaccine.
“The state should be promoting good health, and vaccination isn’t the only path to that. It’s been treated almost like a religion, and that’s just senseless, right? There are lots of good pathways to health, and vaccination’s not the only one. So we support measures for good health.”

https://www.mediaite.com/news/joseph-ladapo-named-florida-surgeon-general/

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DeSantis Taps New Anti-Mandate Surgeon General, Who Says 'There's Nothing Special About' Vaccines (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Sep 2021 OP
This guy has also been linked to and seen in video with the demon Dr. Bev54 Sep 2021 #1
This guy is Harvard-educated? He sounds like a freaking moron (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Sep 2021 #2
He's in competition to be the next Batman Villain Lulu Latech Sep 2021 #3
Why is his license not pulled. Mary in S. Carolina Sep 2021 #4
We are truly in never never land with these 2 idiots. FloridaBlues Sep 2021 #5
The AMA and the CDC edhopper Sep 2021 #6
DeathSentence picks a loony tunes doc from UCLA mcar Sep 2021 #7
Shameless toady. Girard442 Sep 2021 #8
He's going to kill as many people as he possibly can. Crunchy Frog Sep 2021 #9
Proof that there are lots of Harvard-educated fools. marmar Sep 2021 #10
Didn't chimpy go to Harvard? niyad Sep 2021 #11
This idiot is Deathsantis' new surgeon/quack general LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2021 #12

Lulu Latech

(29,098 posts)
3. He's in competition to be the next Batman Villain
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 08:04 PM
Sep 2021

Perhaps his brain is being eaten by worms or the Reptilian alien embryo implanted in his heart is getting ready to emerge. Or he just may be a garden variety psychopath. All are disasters of an epic proportion.,

mcar

(42,307 posts)
7. DeathSentence picks a loony tunes doc from UCLA
Tue Sep 21, 2021, 08:44 PM
Sep 2021

and ships him to FL to share his lunacy as our Attorney General.

Like there aren't enough crazy people in FL already?

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