Florida surgeon general altered key findings in study on Covid-19 vaccine safety

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https://www.politico.com/news/2023/04/24/florida-surgeon-general-covid-vaccine-00093510

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo personally altered a state-driven study about Covid-19 vaccines last year to suggest that some doses pose a significantly higher health risk for young men than had been established by the broader medical community, according to a newly obtained document.

Ladapo’s changes, released as part of a public records request, presented the risks of cardiac death to be more severe than previous versions of the study. He later used the final document in October to bolster disputed claims that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines were dangerous to young men.

The surgeon general, a well-known Covid-19 vaccine skeptic, faced a backlash from the medical community after he made the assertions, which go against guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and American Academy of Pediatrics. But Ladapo’s statements aligned well with Gov. Ron DeSantis’ stance against mandatory Covid-19 vaccination.

Researchers with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and University of Florida, who viewed Ladapo’s edits on the study and have followed the issue closely, criticized the surgeon general for making the changes. One said it appears Ladapo altered the study out of political — not scientific — concerns...

[AllaN01Bear]

1. good . needs license revolked.

[Rebl2]

11. Yep!

[Otto_Harper]

13. Actually, needs life revoked. Fla is a death penalty state

If his actions resulted in a single death from Covid, then he needs to be tried for murder.

[malaise]

2. He was hired to do that

Fire DeathSentence - he killed all those people.
Hope this fool losing his license

[Chainfire]

7. Of course he was hired because he would be sure to push DeSantis message. It doesn't

have a damn thing to do with health or science.

[Turbineguy]

3. Does he have a license?

Do you need a medical license to be surgeon general in Florida or just need to be a political hack?

[dchill]

14. That's my question, too. He certainly never acted like he had one...

...or had ever heard of the Hippocratic oath.

[carpetbagger]

16. Yes, he got it in two days.

The state medical board is also appointed by the governor.

[mopinko]

4. just a coincidence that it's fux's target audience.

[Initech]

5. What the absolute fuck is wrong with that state?

[SunSeeker]

6. That dangerous idiot should have his medical license yanked. nt

[allegorical oracle]

8. Great creds doesn't preclude him from being a threat to public health

Points from his Wikipedia bio:

-- Ladapo promoted unproven treatments including hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin, questioned the safety of vaccines, and opposed lockdown and mask mandates deriving from his "experience in treating COVID-19 patients at University of California, Los Angeles."However, UCLA's staff scheduling roster did not have him assigned to treat any COVID-19 patients, and several of his colleagues said he had never treated any COVID-19 patient.

-- Ladapo signed the Great Barrington Declaration, which argued for reaching COVID-19 herd immunity by the fringe notion of "focused protection", where the less vulnerable people were allowed to be infected.

-- Across 2022, Ladapo has also focusd on opposing transgender health care, accusing professional associations such as the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Endocrine Society of being politically motivated to support such causes.

[hay rick]

9. I've been pushing this story for a while.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216302394

[Canoe52]

12. As my mother used to say,

These people don’t even have the sense god gave a duck.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. can i steal that.?

[tanyev]

10. It's easy! All you have to do is make a few marks with a black Sharpie!

Reality altered.

[niyad]

15. May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve.

[liberal_mama]

17. He should lose his license and be arrested. So many people died of Covid in Florida. A family member

of mine went down to Florida for vacation with her husband because she said, "Florida is safer than New York where we live. DeSantis says no need to wear a mask and everything is open." Both of them caught Covid a week into their vacation, were hospitalized, and she died.