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Censure Florida Surgeon General for spreading misinformation

Censure Florida Surgeon General for spreading misinformation

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Started by Howard Goldman 4 years, 11 months ago

To Florida Doctors and Nurses: please link to: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/censureLapado , sign and share the link with colleagues.

The recently appointed Florida Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo has used his bully pulpit to spread doubt about the safety and effectiveness of COVID19 vaccines, promoted the use of unproven and possibly dangerous medications to treat COVID19, questioned the value of face masks in preventing the spread of the pandemic and has signed on with Frontline, an organization that promotes the idea of handling the pandemic without vaccines, but "natural herd immunity," a goal that would cost many unnecessary deaths.

We, the undersigned concerned physicians and nurses of Florida, realizing the serious implications of the misinformation being spread in our state and nation demand action from the Board of Medicine, the Florida Medical Association, and the Florida Nurses Association. In states where vaccination is encouraged the pandemic is coming under control. Florida, in contrast, is among the worst in the nation for number of cases and deaths per 100,000 population. The Board, FMA, and the Florida Nurses Association should at the very least publicly censure Dr. Ladapo, if not revoke his medical license.

Updates

October 4, 2021

Reaching this level of support feels heavy because it confirms so many of us are exhausted by the ongoing disregard for basic medical integrity. This progress is hard won but necessary. I am drained by the fight but I am not stopping now.

Reached 100 supporters

October 4, 2021

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Zoraida Rivera Hidalgo MD MPH MS FACP
4 years ago Featured

Shameful misrepresentation of science and abuse of position by the governor and the physician. You forgot your oath to “not cause harm”. This is a once in a century world pandemic!

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Steven Reznick MD FACP
4 years ago Featured

He doesn’t have the credentials outlined in the Florida statute creating a surgeon general. His misinformation costs lives and health care dollars

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Joshua Cohen MD
4 years ago Featured

There's nothing more dangerous than a highly credentialed physician using his expertise to dilute the perception of medical consensus - adding credence to false narratives and frankly capitalizing on personal political ambitions at the expense of citizens' lives.

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Anonymous
4 years ago Featured

As a physician practicing in FL since the start of the pandemic I am scared for our future

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Marc Bloom MD
4 years ago Featured

Dangerous advice. He needs to spend a day going thru icu and ecmo units watching the young unvaccinated die and leaving young children behind.

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Howard Goldman · petition starter
4 years ago Featured

Sorry; his name is Ladapo. COVID deaths have gone over 700,000 with majority of recent deaths among the unvaccinated. Spreading misinformation, which Dr. Ladapo is doing, has convinced too many to avoid being vaccinated. He has blood on his hands.

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Curtis DeMartini
2 years ago

DeSantis should lose his job for doing something as asinine as putting the entire state's population at risk by hiring a looney tunes cartoon character so-called doctor.

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Anonymous
4 years ago

Remove Ladapo for spreading misinformation on Covid vaccines. He is bullying Florida.

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