Florida surgeon general blasts 'testing psychology' around COVID-19

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo said on Monday it was time to "unwind" the "testing psychology" many Americans have developed throughout the pandemic, as COVID-19 cases surge in his state.

"We are going to be working to unwind the sort of testing psychology that our federal leadership has managed to, unfortunately, get most of the country in over the last two years," Ladapo said at a news conference Monday.

He added that people were planning and living their lives around testing but said it was "really time for people to be living, to make the decisions they want regarding vaccination, to enjoy the fact that many people have natural immunity." Lapado's comments come as COVID-19 cases are surging in Florida and around the country.

Ashish Jha, dean of Brown University's School of Public Health, said in a tweet that the surgeon general's comments were "completely backwards."

"Florida Surgeon General says we need to stop testing and get back to our lives," Jha said. "In fact, with ubiquitous testing, we can keep infections low and safely get back to our lives."

In 2020, then-President Trump also suggested that less testing would be beneficial for the pandemic.

"If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any," Trump said during a White House event about the administration's actions to help senior citizens.

https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/588075-florida-surgeon-general-blasts-testing-psychology-around-covid-19

[ProfessorGAC]

1. Ladapo Is An Idiot

Given who appointed him, that was a valid suspicion.
He has now proven it.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. He did this at a podium proclaiming "early treatment saves lives"

Link to tweet

He's not just an idiot, he's a brazen idiot. I wouldn't trust him to advise me to take an aspirin.

[spanone]

6. de satans useful idiot.

[viva la]

2. "No one would have cancer...

if we just stopped doing biopsies! And autopsies later!"

[ismnotwasm]

3. This asshole can go fuck himself

I’m sitting out work, Covid positive mostly asymptomatic, and the symptoms I do have are fatigue and body aches— does he suggest I go and ignorantly infect patients on my immunocompromised floor? Or people go out and infect vulnerable populations because they can’t be bothered to test?

I believe we are nearing the end of this. We are nearly the end because of vaccines, social distancing and masks. We are the good people, the ones that care.

Not weirdos who think not testing and freely infecting is a great idea.

[Budi]

4. K & R & wishing you a quick recovery.

Hat tip for the work you do.


"I’m sitting out work, Covid positive mostly asymptomatic, and the symptoms I do have are fatigue and body aches— does he suggest I go and ignorantly infect patients on my immunocompromised floor?"