Florida dOiNg iTs oWN vAcCInE rEseArcH

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.wonkette.com/florida-doing-its-own-vaccine-research

We've known from the get-go that Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo is an anti-vaccine quack. That's why Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed him in the first place. A member of the woo-woo anti-science "America's Frontline Doctors," which promoted hydroxychloroquine as a "cure" for COVID, Ladapo has long sought to cast doubt on masks and the COVID vaccines, making him the ideal DeSantis medical "expert."

Here are the facts: The FDA-approved vaccines against COVID have been repeatedly proven to be safe and effective in clinical trials, and as of this week, more than 612 million doses of the vaccines (including boosters) have been given to Americans. But in his latest attempt to kill Floridians, Ladapo relied upon an extremely bad "study" — not peer reviewed, and by anonymous "authors" — to issue a recommendation Friday that men aged 18 to 39 should avoid the mRNA vaccines for COVID — the familiar vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna. While every other study has found the vaccines safe, Ladapo claimed that the risk of heart problems in that age group outweighed the protection provided by the vaccines.

This is where we point out again that the "study" that recommendation is based upon is demonstrably garbage, and we'll show you why in a moment. But this is a truly disturbing development: A state agency here in US America is now pushing completely invalid pseudoscience as policy, and that's going to lead to people avoiding a safe and effective vaccine against a disease that's still killing hundreds of Americans daily. It's especially dangerous as we head into fall and winter, when people will be indoors more, and in Florida, hardly anyone will be wearing masks, also thanks to DeSantis's war on public health.

Dr. Peter Hotez, the co-director of Texas Children's Hospital Center for Vaccine Development and dean of Baylor College of Medicine's National School of Tropical Medicine, called the "guidance" a "phony-baloney" tactic that has far more to do with DeSantis's political ambitions than actual medical advice:

This is much more of a political stunt than it has anything to do with science or protecting the population of the people of Florida … They cherry pick the risks, and they cherry pick the benefits.

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[yankee87]

1. Leeches next

Next up in Floriduh, using leeches to cure vapors. The stupidity of the Qpublican party knows no bottom.