Florida’s Governor is recommending his Surgeon General for yet another job in the Donald Trump administration.
Ron DeSantis believes Dr. Joseph Ladapo would be a “fantastic selection” to helm the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The recommendation is timely, as former Congressman Dave Weldon did not move forward in the process due to insufficient support from Senate Republicans.
If this feels familiar, it’s because DeSantis has done this before. He pushed for Ladapo’s nomination for the head of the Department of Health and Human Services before Robert Kennedy Jr. was nominated.
In turn, Ladapo campaigned for DeSantis during the last presidential race, and strongly suggested he wants First Lady Casey DeSantis to be Governor more recently.
Ladapo, who is the second Surgeon General under the DeSantis administration and is also a Professor of Medicine at the University of Florida, has been vocal about vaccines and their side effects, among other issues, since he took over for Scott Rivkees during the pandemic.
In addition to repeatedly making the case against mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, Ladapo more recently has offered cautions about flu and measles shots.
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