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Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD
@FLSurgeonGen
25th State Health Officer & Surgeon General of the great state of Florida. Father of three. Runner. Advocate for healthy living.
Joined October 2021
- Today, we released an analysis on COVID-19 mRNA vaccines the public needs to be aware of. This analysis showed an increased risk of cardiac-related death among men 18-39. FL will not be silent on the truth. Guidance: bit.ly/3ClKF5f Press Release: bit.ly/3T8bQH8
- Parents, don’t hold your breath… CDC & FDA abandoned their posts. Keep sticking with your intuition and keep those COVID jabs away from your kids.
- Regardless of what @CDCgov votes tomorrow on whether COVID-19 vax are added to routine child immunizations - nothing changes in FL. Thanks to @GovRonDeSantis, COVID mandates are NOT allowed in FL, NOT pushed into schools, & I continue to recommend against them for healthy kids.
- What better time than a Friday afternoon for @CDCgov and @US_FDA to let Americans know that the mRNA shots they've been pushing may be causing strokes? Don't worry, we'll make sure the word gets out😉just like we've been doing for months. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
- I love the discussion that we've stimulated. Isn't it great when we discuss science transparently instead of trying to cancel one another? I'm going to respond to the more substantive critiques.🧵
- Did the COVID-19 vaccine trials for kids <5 show a reduction in severe illness? Did the trials show a benefit for those with a prior COVID-19 infection? Is there a benefit for kids with no pre-existing conditions? Florida puts data over ideology. That’s not going to change.
- Any other labels you want to throw at me? The conversation at the grown-up table is about why the COVID-19 vaccine for children was approved with no data on clinical benefit. You’re free to come join the adults once you’re done name-calling..@FLSurgeonGen’s letter doubles down on the dangerous anti-vax rhetoric that has been driving @GovRonDeSantis’ #COVID-19 policies. By impeding access to these lifesaving vaccines, Florida is endangering the health of kids.
- As Surgeon General, I cannot recommend that healthy children receive the COVID-19 vaccine. When their overall risk is low, & there is a higher than anticipated rate of serious adverse events in clinical trials, it is unclear if benefits outweigh the risks...
- These deaths aren’t captured by other studies because these patients never made it to the hospital…mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are far less safe than any vaccines widely used. When does sanity return to science? Why do scientists breathlessly defend this technology? 🤔
