Apr 26, 2023 08:33 PM
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2023/...ic-menace/
INTRO: He has blood on his hands. Even as the worst of the health crisis ignited by the SARS–CoV–2 virus fades, there has yet to be any accountability for the directives of the public official who contributed to the death of thousands of Floridians: State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
A Nigerian-born, Harvard Medical School-educated surgeon, Ladapo emerged as a national figure by writing op-ed articles in the Wall Street Journal early in the pandemic questioning the safety of COVID vaccines, claiming the risks often outweighed the benefits. Lapado later joined a petition opposing the FDA’s rapid Emergency Use Authorizations of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines. He’s become a star among the science-rejecting wing of the Republican Party, and most recently featured in a fawning interview by Megyn Kelly after the release of his autobiography.
Putting it another way, via disinformation, Florida’s surgeon general has been promoting medical malpractice, and there is no indication that he is letting up. Two months ago, Ladapo sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky filled with erroneous claims about dangers of the mRNA vaccines. Some of the data in the letter appeared to be completely fabricated.
It was clear that Ladapo fails to understand or has deliberately taken out of context the purpose and mode of reporting of vaccine side effects, or “adverse events,” to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Ladapo cited numbers of adverse effects from the vaccines reported to VAERS, but as spelled out clearly on the CDC website... (MORE - details)
INTRO: He has blood on his hands. Even as the worst of the health crisis ignited by the SARS–CoV–2 virus fades, there has yet to be any accountability for the directives of the public official who contributed to the death of thousands of Floridians: State Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo.
A Nigerian-born, Harvard Medical School-educated surgeon, Ladapo emerged as a national figure by writing op-ed articles in the Wall Street Journal early in the pandemic questioning the safety of COVID vaccines, claiming the risks often outweighed the benefits. Lapado later joined a petition opposing the FDA’s rapid Emergency Use Authorizations of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna mRNA vaccines. He’s become a star among the science-rejecting wing of the Republican Party, and most recently featured in a fawning interview by Megyn Kelly after the release of his autobiography.
Putting it another way, via disinformation, Florida’s surgeon general has been promoting medical malpractice, and there is no indication that he is letting up. Two months ago, Ladapo sent a letter to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky filled with erroneous claims about dangers of the mRNA vaccines. Some of the data in the letter appeared to be completely fabricated.
It was clear that Ladapo fails to understand or has deliberately taken out of context the purpose and mode of reporting of vaccine side effects, or “adverse events,” to the federal Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). Ladapo cited numbers of adverse effects from the vaccines reported to VAERS, but as spelled out clearly on the CDC website... (MORE - details)