DeSantis floats Florida surgeon general Dr. Joseph Ladapo as candidate for Trump's HHS secretary

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is advocating for President-elect Donald Trump to pat authorities surgeon wide Dr. Joseph Ladapo to service arsenic caput of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

"Retweet if you’d similar to spot this antheral — Dr. Joseph Ladapo — service arsenic the Secretary of HHS successful the caller Trump administration," DeSantis wrote successful a station connected X, which features a photograph of Ladapo.

The station has earned thousands of retweets and amassed much than 1 cardinal views.

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Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis astatine a quality league successful West Palm Beach, Florida, connected Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022.  (Joe Cavaretta/Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis was 1 of the galore radical who endorsed her husband's thought by retweeting the post.

On the heels of Trump's decisive 2024 statesmanlike predetermination victory, DeSantis declared Wednesday connected X that Trump "not lone earned a sweeping electoral victory, helium earned a mandate for change."

Ladapo tweeted connected Wednesday, "The aboriginal of wellness state looks brighter today. Just arsenic successful Florida, it’s clip to accidental ‘No’ to trampling connected people’s rights, to gaslighting citizens astir experimental vaccines that harm alternatively of assistance & to muzzling doctors who dissent with orthodoxy. Light triumphs implicit darkness."

RAND PAUL HITS ‘BIDEN/HARRIS CDC’ OVER COVID-19 VACCINE GUIDANCE FOR 6-MONTH-OLDS

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks astatine a property league successful Sanford, Florida, wherever Gov. Ron DeSantis signed authorities to summation penalties connected individuals who exposure instrumentality enforcement officers to fentanyl, and to bring consciousness to life-saving measures for idiosyncratic experiencing an opioid overdose. (Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Ladapo recommends against utilizing mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, according to the Florida Department of Health.

"Based connected the precocious complaint of planetary immunity and presently disposable data, the State Surgeon General advises against the usage of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines," the section noted successful a September property release. "Any provider concerned about the health risks associated with COVID-19 for patients implicit the property of 65 oregon with underlying wellness conditions should prioritize diligent entree to non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and treatment."

Ladapo asserted successful a September tweet that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration "are gaslighting Americans with their new, unproven COVID-19 boosters, and urge them for 6 month-old babies!" 

Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks during a property league astatine Neo City Academy successful Kissimmee, Florida. ( Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

"We accidental bring data, admit superior information concerns & admit the galore radical who judge they’ve been injured by these vaccines," Ladapo added.

NEW COVID VACCINE PUSH IS ‘ANTI-HUMAN,’ SAYS FLORIDA SURGEON GENERAL: ‘MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN’

The CDC's 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine Immunization Schedule advises 3 doses of the 2024-2025 Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for radical ages 6 months done 4-years-old.

"An 8-week interval betwixt the archetypal and 2nd doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine mightiness beryllium optimal for immoderate people, arsenic it mightiness trim the uncommon hazard of myocarditis and pericarditis associated with COVID-19 vaccines," the CDC notes.