Dr. Joseph Ladapo has been critical of many public health measures, including mask-wearing, lockdowns and vaccines, and his appointment comes as public health experts urge Florida to take a more serious approach to the pandemic.
Speaking at a press conference, DeSantis, a Republican, said Dr. Joseph Ladapo will become Florida's next surgeon general. "Joe has had a remarkable academic and medical career," DeSantis said, adding that Ladapo graduated from Wake Forest University, received his medical degree from Harvard Medical School and Ph.D. from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
In an opinion piece published last week in the Wall Street Journal, Ladapo penned his reflections on the Covid-19 pandemic, saying that public mask wearing"has had, at best, a modest effect on viral transmission," although studies in real-world conditions have repeatedly shown masks reduce spread of the virus."Or take lockdowns, shown by research to increase deaths overall but nonetheless still considered an acceptable solution.
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