Florida GOP senators defend DeSantis’ surgeon general amid measles outbreak

[j brown's body]

"An outbreak in Broward County has split the state, as Republicans in the Capitol rally around the controversial state surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who is taking a hands-off approach while Democrats accuse him of endangering children. Ladapo, who rejected federal guidelines for Covid-19 vaccinations, sent a recent letter to parents at an elementary school in Broward County where six kids were infected with measles. In his letter, he advised parents that they should decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their kids or remove unvaccinated students from schools. He did not follow federal recommendations to urge parents to vaccinate their children against measles or quarantine those who may have come in contact with the virus. People who have been vaccinated against measles have a very high protection rate.

But top GOP senators in the GOP-led Legislature who confirmed Ladapo to be Florida’s top medical official are defending him based on his credentials but not engaging the issue at hand, saying lawmakers can’t withdraw confirmations and they approve of the work he’s done.

“As far as I can tell, he’s been doing a great job, and we can’t undo confirmations, so we’re not going to go there,” said Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo Wednesday. Five other GOP senators said they trusted that Ladapo — a Harvard-trained medical doctor and researcher who has long been skeptical of vaccines — has the credentials and experience to provide the right medical guidance for the state."

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I have to chuckle at this as many Republicans and conservatives argue that affirmative action has caused them to mistrust the qualifications of blacks who have graduated from college programs. Yet in the case of Lapado, while he is being criticized by others in his profession, conservatives argue that his credentials are just fine.

 

[Integrityrespec]

"An outbreak in Broward County has split the state, as Republicans in the Capitol rally around the controversial state surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who is taking a hands-off approach while Democrats accuse him of endangering children. Ladapo, who rejected federal guidelines for Covid-19 vaccinations, sent a recent letter to parents at an elementary school in Broward County where six kids were infected with measles. In his letter, he advised parents that they should decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their kids or remove unvaccinated students from schools. He did not follow federal recommendations to urge parents to vaccinate their children against measles or quarantine those who may have come in contact with the virus. People who have been vaccinated against measles have a very high protection rate.

But top GOP senators in the GOP-led Legislature who confirmed Ladapo to be Florida’s top medical official are defending him based on his credentials but not engaging the issue at hand, saying lawmakers can’t withdraw confirmations and they approve of the work he’s done.

“As far as I can tell, he’s been doing a great job, and we can’t undo confirmations, so we’re not going to go there,” said Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo Wednesday. Five other GOP senators said they trusted that Ladapo — a Harvard-trained medical doctor and researcher who has long been skeptical of vaccines — has the credentials and experience to provide the right medical guidance for the state."

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I have to chuckle at this as many Republicans and conservatives argue that affirmative action has caused them to mistrust the qualifications of blacks who have graduated from college programs. Yet in the case of Lapado, while he is being criticized by others in his profession, conservatives argue that his credentials are just fine.

With the problems that we now know about on how our government has lied to us . The governments medical team headed by Dr. Fauci along with the CDC and WHO lied about what they knew. The wide open border admitting non vaccinated illegals and shipping them around the nation. There is a real distrust about what our country is telling us.

 

[Hari Seldon]

"An outbreak in Broward County has split the state, as Republicans in the Capitol rally around the controversial state surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who is taking a hands-off approach while Democrats accuse him of endangering children. Ladapo, who rejected federal guidelines for Covid-19 vaccinations, sent a recent letter to parents at an elementary school in Broward County where six kids were infected with measles. In his letter, he advised parents that they should decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their kids or remove unvaccinated students from schools. He did not follow federal recommendations to urge parents to vaccinate their children against measles or quarantine those who may have come in contact with the virus. People who have been vaccinated against measles have a very high protection rate.

But top GOP senators in the GOP-led Legislature who confirmed Ladapo to be Florida’s top medical official are defending him based on his credentials but not engaging the issue at hand, saying lawmakers can’t withdraw confirmations and they approve of the work he’s done.

“As far as I can tell, he’s been doing a great job, and we can’t undo confirmations, so we’re not going to go there,” said Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo Wednesday. Five other GOP senators said they trusted that Ladapo — a Harvard-trained medical doctor and researcher who has long been skeptical of vaccines — has the credentials and experience to provide the right medical guidance for the state."

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I have to chuckle at this as many Republicans and conservatives argue that affirmative action has caused them to mistrust the qualifications of blacks who have graduated from college programs. Yet in the case of Lapado, while he is being criticized by others in his profession, conservatives argue that his credentials are just fine.

You couldn't pay me to move to medieval Florida. Leeches can't be far away from the new and improved treatment for disease.

 

[Manc Skipper]

With the problems that we now know about on how our government has lied to us . The governments medical team headed by Dr. Fauci along with the CDC and WHO lied about what they knew. The wide open border admitting non vaccinated illegals and shipping them around the nation. There is a real distrust about what our country is telling us.

No, there's misinformation like yours.

Reality sucks like Florida.

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop it

www.theguardian.com

 

[Integrityrespec]

You couldn't pay me to move to medieval Florida. Leeches can't be far away from the new and improved treatment for disease.

LOL, pretty sure that they don't have to pay anyone to move to Florida. People are flocking there from all over the country. I spend a fair amount of time there and it's a great place.

 

[Integrityrespec]

No, there's misinformation like yours.

Reality sucks like Florida.

Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

The state is in the grip of a measles outbreak, yet Joseph Ladapo, the surgeon general, continues to ignore medical science to stop it

www.theguardian.com

And what precisely misinformation did I give? None.
I'll be interested to see what you mistakenly claim.

 

[j brown's body]

With the problems that we now know about on how our government has lied to us . The governments medical team headed by Dr. Fauci along with the CDC and WHO lied about what they knew. The wide open border admitting non vaccinated illegals and shipping them around the nation. There is a real distrust about what our country is telling us.

It's the liberals fault that a discredited SG is supported by Republicans.

Americans should be a little forgiving of Fauci and the CDC during the pandemic. Their leader at the time was a narcissistic demagogue.

I would bet you that more immigrants got Covid from the barbaric working conditions under which they labored than immigrants gave Covid to others.

 

[Helix]

It sucks that people have to suffer because of anti-vax nonsense.

 

[Hari Seldon]

LOL, pretty sure that they don't have to pay anyone to move to Florida. People are flocking there from all over the country. I spend a fair amount of time there and it's a great place.

Measels, hurricanes, wingnut maga scumbags, insurance rates out of control, hot and humid summers which are getting worse, housing no longer inexpensive. Sounds great. Enjoy. Oh and a medieval surgeon General more interested in politics than keeping Floridiots safe.

 

[Integrityrespec]

It's the liberals fault that a discredited SG is supported by Republicans.

Americans should be a little forgiving of Fauci and the CDC during the pandemic. Their leader at the time was a narcissistic demagogue.

I would bet you that more immigrants got Covid from the barbaric working conditions under which they labored than immigrants gave Covid to others.

Fauci and the CDC lied about what they knew. It's pretty obvious they lied. The evidence shows that Fauci knew about gain of function research and as head of NIH he gave money to China to research it. He also based decisions on things other than science. Trump went along with what Fauci suggested. I remind you Trump said it was from the lab in Wuhan, the left demeaned him for it. Trump wasn't a big supporter of masking, or social distancing or shutdowns until the left media went after him with a vengence. Democrats knew they had a weapon for getting Biden elected even though the evidence was filled with lies.
Washington Post has been working on that story for years and reveled lots of evidence on it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/02/28/covid-origin-evidence/

 

[Linc]

Another good issue with which to run against Rikkk Scott.

 

[Integrityrespec]

Measels, hurricanes, wingnut maga scumbags, insurance rates out of control, hot and humid summers which are getting worse, housing no longer inexpensive. Sounds great. Enjoy. Oh and a medieval surgeon General more interested in politics than keeping Floridiots safe.

Those things are happening under a corrupt medical team that led us down a dark street on Covid, lied to us and supported the lockdowns, the mask/no mask, the social distancing all contrary to the science. Almost all the things you list are related to those shutdowns causing supply chain issues and soaring prices that haven't returned to normal. The fault is on those folks who created a problem we didn't have to experience. Wuhan lap was the cause, we donated to it and worked with China.

 

[dmpi]

Many of America's problems stems from it's inability or unwillingness to control the southern border.

 

[JasperL]

With the problems that we now know about on how our government has lied to us . The governments medical team headed by Dr. Fauci along with the CDC and WHO lied about what they knew. The wide open border admitting non vaccinated illegals and shipping them around the nation. There is a real distrust about what our country is telling us.

I have to hand it to you. You've supplanted another well known person on these forums as the first to support the MAGAs in every thread. Nice work!!

 

[JasperL]

Those things are happening under a corrupt medical team that led us down a dark street on Covid, lied to us and supported the lockdowns, the mask/no mask, the social distancing all contrary to the science. Almost all the things you list are related to those shutdowns causing supply chain issues and soaring prices that haven't returned to normal. The fault is on those folks who created a problem we didn't have to experience. Wuhan lap was the cause, we donated to it and worked with China.

So....blame Trump?

But I get it. When 2,000 - 4,000 people were dying per DAY in the U.S.,. we prolly should have just said, "f it - let it ride!!" and hoped for the best. MAGA!!

 

[JasperL]

Many of America's problems stems from it's inability or unwillingness to control the southern border.

Well, to be fair, vaccines have a long and proven track record of solving the problem of infectious childhood diseases...

 

[JasperL]

Fauci and the CDC lied about what they knew. It's pretty obvious they lied. The evidence shows that Fauci knew about gain of function research and as head of NIH he gave money to China to research it. He also based decisions on things other than science. Trump went along with what Fauci suggested. I remind you Trump said it was from the lab in Wuhan, the left demeaned him for it. Trump wasn't a big supporter of masking, or social distancing or shutdowns until the left media went after him with a vengence. Democrats knew they had a weapon for getting Biden elected even though the evidence was filled with lies.
Washington Post has been working on that story for years and reveled lots of evidence on it.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2023/02/28/covid-origin-evidence/

What does any of this have to do with measles vaccines?

 

[samiam5211]

Many of America's problems stems from it's inability or unwillingness to control the southern border.

Most of our problems stem from US citizens being idiots and not realizing it.

 

[Ikari]

GOP going full anti-vax it seems.

 

[Hari Seldon]

Those things are happening under a corrupt medical team that led us down a dark street on Covid, lied to us and supported the lockdowns, the mask/no mask, the social distancing all contrary to the science. Almost all the things you list are related to those shutdowns causing supply chain issues and soaring prices that haven't returned to normal. The fault is on those folks who created a problem we didn't have to experience. Wuhan lap was the cause, we donated to it and worked with China.

Staying away from people that are sick is lying? Keep drink magidiot Kool-aid. How easily the refrigerator trucks used as temporary morgues are forgotten.

 

[noonereal]

"An outbreak in Broward County has split the state, as Republicans in the Capitol rally around the controversial state surgeon general, Joseph Ladapo, who is taking a hands-off approach while Democrats accuse him of endangering children. Ladapo, who rejected federal guidelines for Covid-19 vaccinations, sent a recent letter to parents at an elementary school in Broward County where six kids were infected with measles. In his letter, he advised parents that they should decide for themselves whether to vaccinate their kids or remove unvaccinated students from schools. He did not follow federal recommendations to urge parents to vaccinate their children against measles or quarantine those who may have come in contact with the virus. People who have been vaccinated against measles have a very high protection rate.

But top GOP senators in the GOP-led Legislature who confirmed Ladapo to be Florida’s top medical official are defending him based on his credentials but not engaging the issue at hand, saying lawmakers can’t withdraw confirmations and they approve of the work he’s done.

“As far as I can tell, he’s been doing a great job, and we can’t undo confirmations, so we’re not going to go there,” said Republican Senate President Kathleen Passidomo Wednesday. Five other GOP senators said they trusted that Ladapo — a Harvard-trained medical doctor and researcher who has long been skeptical of vaccines — has the credentials and experience to provide the right medical guidance for the state."

Link

I have to chuckle at this as many Republicans and conservatives argue that affirmative action has caused them to mistrust the qualifications of blacks who have graduated from college programs. Yet in the case of Lapado, while he is being criticized by others in his profession, conservatives argue that his credentials are just fine.

This is extraordinary.
We are falling apart at the seams as a country.
So so sad to see the great USA regress like this.
It must be very scary to those who have been our friends since WW2.

The world, it appears, is heading toward a very dark place.

 

[jmotivator]

To read this stupid thread you would assume the state of Florida is awash with measles cases. The actual total cases of Measles in the State of Florida, to date: 11

11 cases.

You folks are ridiculous.

Meanwhile the total cases in Chicago: 36