Florida's new surgeon general invokes anecdotal examples and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories to argue against the vaccines, according to footage from WFLA.
Thursday questioned the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines, denounced all mandates in workplaces and argued people would face more health repercussions by losing their jobs because they refused to comply with requirements.
The Food and Drug Administration has authorized three Covid vaccines after extensive trials determined they were both safe and effective. More than 189 million people in the United States are fully vaccinated. More than 730,000 people have died after contracting the disease, many of whom died before vaccines were rolled out.
Ladapo invoked anecdotal examples and unsubstantiated conspiracy theories to argue against the vaccines, according to footage from"I mean you hear these stories of people telling you what's been happening in their lives, of nurses and pregnant women who are being forced to, you know, to sort of put something in their bodies that we don't know all there is to know about yet, no matter what people on TV tell you," he saidThe newly appointed state surgeon general, Dr.
He tapped Ladapo, a University of California, Los Angeles, health policy researcher and physician, in September to replace the previous state surgeon general, Dr. Scott Rivkees.