Florida Man Sniffs Paint, Issues Advice as Surgeon General
Florida's surgeon general Joseph Ladapo's latest recommendations are pure grift and snake oil scam products.
I love the state of Florida. I really do. I love its beaches, its endless ranches, its history with space launches, and the exquisite Everglades. I love swimming in its warm, crystal-clear springs and rivers. Although I’m not a superfan of the humidity, and I’m definitely not a superfan of its crackpot surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo. To wit:
His first official act as surgeon general was to sign an emergency rule eliminating quarantine requirements for schoolchildren exposed to COVID.
He remained publicly unmasked throughout the pandemic, even when requested to mask by a state senator who was immunocompromised from chemotherapy.
During COVID he called for a ban on mRNA vaccines, claiming they alter human DNA (incredibly false).
He falsely claimed that COVID vaccines produced an increased risk of cardiac arrest for young males — and had personally altered the Florida Department of Health data to support it!— and he was investigated for scientific fraud as a result.
He falsely claimed that mRNA vaccines caused more deaths than lives saved.
He made Florida the only state in the world to recommend against COVID vaccines for anyone under 18.
He promoted Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, with full knowledge that both are ineffective against COVID.
He heavily promoted monoclonal antibody treatments for COVID, even after studies had found them to be useless.
He once publicly lied about having “spent the past week taking care of patients with COVID-19 at UCLA's flagship hospital.” Hospital records proved he hadn’t.
He allowed children unvaccinated against measles to attend school, stating that taking Vitamin a supplements were just as effective (they have no impact on measles). Cases of measles appeared right away, and Ladapo doubled down.
He issued public guidance to stop fluoridating water, misstating and misrepresenting actual research to support his position.
He has recently announced plans to eliminate all vaccine mandates in Florida.
I could go on all day, but I’m tired of typing. Suffice it to say that this list would be three times as long if I did the whole thing.
This nutcase, who apparently either doesn’t know jack-diddily or simply doesn’t care what he says, earns $437,000 a year1 spreading appalling health misinformation.
On January 3rd, Xitter featured a thread from Florida’s Department of Health (which Ladapo heads) on the importance of staying hydrated in Florida’s warm weather. Ladapo added a tweet of his own:
Avoid the plastic bottles as much as you can, and drinking structured water might offer more advantages…
