Miami Paper Blasts Florida’s Anti-Vax Surgeon General

From the Miami Herald editorial board:

Armed only with a skimpy “analysis” done by the state Department of Health — an analysis that is not peer-reviewed, has no named authors and has been blasted by the medical community — he warned last week that men ages 18-39 shouldn’t get the Moderna or Pfizer COVID shots, citing a higher risk of heart-related deaths.

The analysis itself states it should be considered “preliminary” and “should be interpreted with caution.” And yet the stance that Ladapo took on Twitter was far from cautious, insisting that “FL will not be silent on the truth.” Twitter initially pulled down Ladapo’s post, but then restored it.

COVID is still with us. There are vaccines that save lives. But people such as Ladapo, with his privileged platform in Florida, can do real damage. His assertions amount to a political position disguised as science and cloaked in the state flag. The danger is that some people may forgo the lifesaving vaccine because Florida, and Ladapo, told them to.

Read the full editorial. Ladapo, you will recall, has appeared with America’s Frontline Doctors, the anti-vax QAnon group made infamous by Dr. Demon Semen. Earlier this year the group’s co-founder was sentenced to prison for her role in the attack on the Capitol.

Florida surgeon general’s COVID vaccine ‘study’ is politics dressed up as science | Editorial https://t.co/nIwkpWOImW

— Miami Herald (@MiamiHerald) October 13, 2022