DeSantis hires hydroxychloroquine pusher

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David Badash and The New Civil Rights Movement
September 21, 2021

Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis .. has just announced his new Surgeon General, Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, a UCLA Medical Center physician and health policy researcher who appeared in the viral "Demon Sperm" quack doctor's video that advocated the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19 ...

Dr. Ladapo appears to be anti-mask, pro-ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine, and against mass vaccinating the public against the coronavirus which to date has now killed over 675,000 Americans ...

https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/ron-desantis-surgeon-general/

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1. Member of fringe medical group "American's Frontline Doctors"

Jann Bellamy on September 23, 2021

... Dr. Ladapo does not have a background in public health and has never been in charge of so much as a department at the UCLA Geffen School of Medicine where, prior to his appointment, he was an associate professor and health policy researcher “whose primary research interests include assessing the cost-effectiveness of diagnostic technologies and regarding the population burden of cardiovascular disease” ...

Dr. Ladapo proved his loyalty to DeSantis on his very first full day in office by issuing an “emergency” rule giving parents sole discretion over whether their children wear masks at school. The rule also says that if a student has been exposed to COVID-19, parents can choose to keep their children in school “without restrictions or disparate treatment, so long as the student remains asymptomatic” ...

Florida saw a terrific surge in cases, hospitalizations, and deaths over the summer, with nearly 20% of tests coming back positive. As of September 22nd, Florida has the second highest COVID-19 death rate in the nation. About a month ago, we also had the nation’s highest hospitalization rate. Our percentage of people fully vaccinated is just under 57%, 21st in the nation ...

https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/dr-joseph-ladapo-of-americas-frontline-doctors-is-now-in-charge-of-public-health-in-florida/

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2. Basturd would hire Typhoid Mary.....

Damn, I despise that POS.