.MaddowBlog: Gov. DeSantis wanted a surgeon general who'll tell him what he wants to hear and embrace discredited ideas. Now the governor has exactly that.
Nevertheless, with Rivkees exiting the office, it fell to the GOP governor to choose a successor. As the South Florida Sun-SentinelGov. Ron DeSantis appointed a new state surgeon general Tuesday who has written essays questioning the safety of COVID-19 vaccines, the effectiveness of masks and favoring hydroxychloroquine, a drug touted by former President Donald Trump to treat the virus.
At a press conference at the state Capitol yesterday, Dr. Joseph Ladapo introduced himself, and told reporters,"Florida will completely reject fear." It was a curious message. While panic tends to result in poor judgment, fearing a deadly pandemic is entirely sensible. If fear — of illness, of hospitalization, of death, of harming others, etc. — leads people to take responsible precautions, then"completely" rejecting fear puts people at greater risk.
The trouble is, Ladapo doesn't quite see it that way. On the contrary, Florida's new public health leader, who's taking office while Covid-19 continues to take
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