{"id":7344,"date":"2023-03-13T04:54:48","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=7344"},"modified":"2023-03-13T04:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:54:51","slug":"us-agencies-debunk-florida-surgeon-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=7344","title":{"rendered":"US agencies debunk Florida surgeon general\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u00a0U.S. health agencies have\u00a0sent a letter\u00a0to Florida\u2019s surgeon general, warning him that his claims about COVID-19 vaccine risks are harmful to the public.
The letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was sent Friday to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo. It was a response to a letter Ladapo had written the agencies last month, expressing concerns about what he described as adverse effects from mRNA COVID-19 vaccines.
Ladapo was appointed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2021 and has\u00a0attracted national scrutiny\u00a0over his close alignment with the governor in opposing COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other health policies embraced by the federal government.
Ladapo last year released\u00a0guidance recommending\u00a0against COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children, contradicting federal public health leaders whose advice says all kids should get the shots.
He also\u00a0has recommended\u00a0against men ages 18 to 39 getting the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, claiming that an analysis by the Florida Department of Health showed an 84% increase in cardiac-related deaths.
In their letter, the federal agencies debunked the analysis\u2019 conclusion, saying that cardiovascular experts who studied the concern had concluded that the risk of strokes and heart attacks was lower in people who had been vaccinated, not higher.
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