{"id":50594,"date":"2021-09-21T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=50594"},"modified":"2021-09-21T16:53:15","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T20:53:15","slug":"ron-desantis-hires-new-surgeon-general-whos-anti-vaxx-and-anti-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2021\/09\/ron-desantis-hires-new-surgeon-general-whos-anti-vaxx-and-anti-mask\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron DeSantis Hires New Surgeon General Who\u2019s Anti-Vaxx and Anti-Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By the Florida Democratic Party<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today, Governor Ron DeSantis announced Dr. Joseph Ladapo as Florida\u2019s newest surgeon general and secretary of Florida\u2019s Department of Health, who has a history of going against science when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. DNC spokesperson Adonna Biel released the following statement:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DNC spokesperson Adonna Biel<\/strong><\/em> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere has been no governor who has been more pro-COVID than Ron DeSantis and his newest hire, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, is further confirmation of that. Instead of going with a trusted advocate for science, DeSantis is once again playing games with peoples\u2019 lives by appointing someone who has trafficked anti-vaccine and anti-mask rhetoric. The American people are ready to return to normalcy and the DeSantis playbook of prolonging the pandemic is dangerous and wreaking havoc on his own state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A look at Ladapo\u2019s history on COVID-19:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n