Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo investigated for allegedly falsifying Covid report

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Source: Politico

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Florida Department of Health’s inspector general last fall investigated Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, after the agency received an anonymous complaint alleging he falsified a report focusing on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines for young men.

Among other things, the complainant alleged Ladapo committed “scientific fraud” and “manipulated data” in a report that Ladapo later used to claim that the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines could increase the risk of cardiac death among young men, according to the complaint. Both brands use mRNA technology, which Ladapo contends was rushed to the market by the urgency of the pandemic without the proper testing.

“The analysis performed in DOH did not find this,” the individual wrote without providing evidence, according to the complaint. “He manipulated the final draft of the analysis.”

Ladapo’s report was used as evidence in vaccine guidance he released in October that came under heavy criticism from the medical community, which said the surgeon general’s stance that the vaccine posed a health risk in healthy young men was flawed and went against Covid-vaccine recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and the American Academy of Pediatrics. The guidance even prompted Twitter to temporarily block a social media post from the surgeon general promoting the analysis, though the company later restored it.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/22/florida-joe-ladapo-investigated-covid-report-00084075

[rubbersole]

1. desantis is "investigating" the covid response to covid in Florida.

Investigate away, Meatball. Lightweight pos.

[SoCalDavidS]

2. I Won't Count On Any Indictments Forthcoming. It's FL

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3. All I can say is... duh.. the governor has tried to silence any dissent

[DENVERPOPS]

7. just another

surprise, surprise................. (Sarcasm) I am beginning to think that most anything coming out of the Republicans or Trumphumpers in Florida is totally F***ed up.

If anything we should erect a giant wall across Florida's border.....Only let the good people out.............................

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This asshole does not believe in the medical code of ethics

The policies supported by this asshole puts patients in danger

[RockRaven]

5. Guess who appoints the FL DOH IG? The head of the agency. Who is the head of the FL DOH?

The state surgeon general!

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6. We are so messed up

[Jimvanhise]

8. DEATHS IN FLORIDA FROM COVID

Florida has half the population of California but the same number of Covid deaths because of Florida's anemic response to the pandemic. The governor had kept those numbers secret but when a whistleblower revealed the truth, DeSantis sent the police after them, claiming that this information had been "stolen" even though it was accurate. And the surgeon general of Florida got his job claiming he had worked with covid patients at a California hospital, but physicians at that hospital have stated that Ladapo never worked with covid patients at that California hospital, and people who have tried to inquire about this with Florida authorities have been accused of trafficking in "conspiracy theories."

[cactusfractal]

9. Just like every other wrongdoing

IOKIYAR

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10. His defense will be that no one believes anything from Florida so

it isn't really a lie.

[JudyM]

11. Locking

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