Florida is swamped by disease outbreaks as quackery replaces science

[Nevilledog]

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/03/florida-measles-outbreak-preventable

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Shortly before Joseph Ladapo was sworn in as Florida’s surgeon general in 2022, the New Yorker ran a short column welcoming the vaccine-skeptic doctor to his new role, and highlighting his advocacy for the use of leeches in public health.

It was satire of course, a teasing of the Harvard-educated physician for his unorthodox medical views, which include a steadfast belief that life-saving Covid shots are the work of the devil, and that opening a window is the preferred treatment for the inhalation of toxic fumes from gas stoves.

But now, with an entirely preventable outbreak of measles spreading across Florida, medical experts are questioning if quackery really has become official health policy in the nation’s third most-populous state.

As the highly contagious disease raged in a Broward county elementary school, Ladapo, a politically appointed acolyte of Florida’s far-right governor Ron DeSantis, wrote to parents telling them it was perfectly fine for parents to continue to send in their unvaccinated children.

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[angrychair]

1. Hopefully

Adults will keep getting otherwise easily preventable diseases and get taken out of the voting pool and the gene pool.

[flying_wahini]

2. I would sue for malpractice if my kid got exposed and brought it home. Measles can spread to a fetus.

and can cause a host of life long health problem.
Where the Hell does he get off. Should Lose his medical license for this alone.

[Initech]

3. Heckuva job Ronnie! Heckuva job!