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Dr. Joseph Ladapo, DeSantis’s Surgeon General of Florida, says don’t vaccinate healthy children

The following outlines what may be typical of Republican healthcare: Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo announced Florida would be the first state to recommend against COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children. Ladapo has made it clear he believes the science behind COVID-19 recommendations from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions is lacking.

Florida’s new surgeon general opposes mandates, calls COVID-19 vaccines “nothing special” By Li Cohen, September 23, 2021 / 7:38 AM EDT / CBS News

Studies show how big a difference the COVID vaccines can make.

Those who are unvaccinated are 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19 compared to those are vaccinated, according to recent data from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention.

Unvaccinated people are also about four and a half times more likely to get COVID and over 10 times more likely to be hospitalized. 

Ladapo has a public history of promoting unproven treatments for COVID-19, writing an op-ed in the New York Daily News in 2020 touting the drug hydroxychloroquine — which the World Health Organization has warned is not an effective prevention or treatment method for COVID-19.

He also appeared with and praised America’s Frontline Doctors, a group of pro-Trump health care workers that has spread misinformation about the pandemic.

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The evidence overwhelmingly supports the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccinations for healthy children. Here are some key points:

Safety: Large-scale studies and continuous monitoring have shown that COVID-19 vaccines are safe for children. Serious adverse events are rare, and the benefits of vaccination far outweigh the risks.

COVID-19 Vaccines: Safe and Effective in Children Aged 5 to 11 Years

Efficacy: Vaccines have been shown to be effective in preventing COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations, and severe outcomes in children. For example, the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was found to be 100% effective in preventing COVID-19 in children aged 12-15.

Vaccine Safety: Examine the Evidence

Long COVID: Vaccination also provides protection against Long COVID, a condition where symptoms persist long after the initial infection.

COVID-19 Vaccine Reduces Long COVID in Children

While there are rare cases of adverse events, such as myocarditis, the overall risk remains very low compared to the benefits of vaccination. The CDC and other health organizations continue to recommend vaccination for children to protect their health and prevent the spread of COVID-19.

NIH Study: A study by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimated that COVID-19 vaccinations prevented up to 140,000 deaths in the U.S. by May 2021. The study highlighted the vital role of vaccines in saving lives and controlling the pandemic1.

 Vaccines prevented up to 140,000 COVID-19 deaths in U.S.

Oxford Study: Researchers at the University of Oxford found that COVID-19 vaccines significantly reduce the severity of illness in vaccinated individuals. The study showed a reduction in harmful inflammatory responses to the virus, which are associated with severe disease.

Ground-breaking study reveals how COVID=19 vaccines prevent severe disease

BMJ Study: A countrywide study in Scotland found that vaccination was 90% effective in preventing deaths caused by the Delta variant of COVID-19. This study analyzed over 114,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

Covid-19: Vaccines are highly effective in preventing deaths from delta variant, study indicates

Long COVID Study: A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine found that COVID-19 vaccinations played a key role in reducing the risk of Long COVID. The study showed that the risk of developing Long COVID dropped significantly among vaccinated individuals.

COVID Vaccines Reduce Long COVID Risk, New Study Shows

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Don’t believe scientists. Believe the undertakers, embalmers, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, and InfoWars. 
Undertakers and embalmers oppose COVID vaccine

Embalmers and funeral home workers say they are noticing an increase in unusual blood clots among the deceased.

Some of them, without evidence, are attributing it to the COVID-19 vaccines.

One of the claims comes from an article titled “Embalmers finding ‘strange clots’ in jabbed people” and published by NewsWars, a website run by Alex Jones that has a history of spreading fake news and conspiracy theories.

“I actually pulled this long, fibrous-looking clot out prior to embalming … . At the front end of it, it looks like a normal blood clot, but that white fibrous-looking stuff just isn’t normal,” Alabama embalmer Richard Hirschman was quoted in the article as saying.

Hirschman added that “my gut is telling me” it’s caused by the vaccine.

Hirschman shared similar claims on the “Dr. Jane Ruby Show,” and with PolitiFact when we contacted him.

John O’Looney of Milton Keynes Family Funeral Services based in the United Kingdom made similar claims to InfoWars, another conspiracy-oriented website run by Jones, suggesting that “the experimental shot” could be to blame.

We especially note the opinions of undertakers regarding COVID treatment because they could be considered highly interested parties. Rodger Malcolm Mitchell Monetary Sovereignty Twitter: @rodgermitchell Search #monetarysovereignty Facebook: Rodger Malcolm Mitchell; MUCK RACK: https://muckrack.com/rodger-malcolm-mitchell; https://www.academia.edu/

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The Sole Purpose of Government Is to Improve and Protect the Lives of the People.

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Red state governors pay people NOT to vaccinate. No, really!

COVID still is sickening and killing Americans. In fact, the situation is getting worse, not better Our best, proven prevention for this scourge is vaccination. But believe it or not, some Republican governors actually are paying people not to vaccinate! Apparently, there is no level of stupidity — i.e., attacking the Capital,  giving tax breaks to the rich, pressuring and bribing Ukraine’s president to interfere in our next presidential election on Trump’s behalf — that is too stupid or criminal for Republicans.
RIGHT WING EXTREMISM: DeSantis Courts Anti-Vaxx Voters by Changing Unemployment Rules to Give Them Benefits if They Get Fired: Report Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis administration is expanding the Republican governor’s anti-vaxx policies by altering state unemployment insurance rules to allow those fired for refusing the coronavirus vaccine to be eligible for benefits. “Extending unemployment benefits to the unvaccinated is just the latest in a series of proposals aligning the GOP with people who won’t get a COVID shot,” Axios reports, noting that Iowa, Kansas, and Tennessee have also changed their rules to favor anti-vaxxers. “Republicans see a prime opportunity to rally their base ahead of the midterms. No matter how successful their individual efforts, the campaign is a powerful messaging weapon,” Axios adds. Up until now being fired for cause – for refusing an employer’s requirements, including being vaccinated – has made terminated employees ineligible for unemployment benefits. “It’s like if your employer said, ‘Come in at 9 o’clock and you said, ‘Thanks for sharing, I’ll come in at 11.’ If you engage in deliberate misconduct like that, you won’t be entitled to unemployment benefits which are designed to be provided to those who are separated through no fault of their own,” he added. But DeSantis and his administration have been downplaying COVID and the coronavirus vaccine, promoting expensive COVID treatments over vaccines – treatments that financially benefit one of his top political donors.

(As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis criss-crosses the state opening monoclonal antibody treatment centers using Regeneron as a post-exposure prevention for COVID-19, he is also being criticized because one of his top donors is a Regeneron investor.)

Despite Florida’s resident sickening and dying from COVID, DeSantis bribes people not to get vaccinated for free, and tells them to buy the unproven drug sold by one of his political contributors. But there is even more: Let us not forget this bit of stupid, right-wing extremism:
DeSantis Hires New Surgeon General: A Hydroxychloroquine-Pushing Physician Who Appeared in ‘Demon Sperm’ Doc’s Video Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, responsible for one of the worst COVID-19 responses in the nation, has just announced his new Surgeon General, Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD, a UCLA Medical Center physician and health policy researcher who appeared in the viral “Demon Sperm” quack doctor’s video that advocated the use of hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19.
Ladapo signed the Great Barrington Declaration which was a statement urging herd immunity (i.e., hope your neighbors get sick and live so they don’t pass it on to you) and rejecting any reasonable efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. SUMMARY: In addition to paying people not to vaccinate, and accepting bribes to promote Regeneron instead of vaccination, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis appointed as Surgeon General,  Joseph Ladapo, a quack who is anti-vaccination, anti-mask, but pro-hydroxychloroquine. This doctor said about vaccination, ““There is nothing special about them compared to any other preventive measure.” And this DeSantis character is who Republican voters support. As the circus magnate, P.T. Barnum may have said, “There’s a sucker born every minute” and they are the ones voting for Republicans. Rodger Malcolm Mitchell Monetary Sovereignty Twitter: @rodgermitchell Search #monetarysovereignty Facebook: Rodger Malcolm Mitchell

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THE SOLE PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT IS TO IMPROVE AND PROTECT THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.

The most important problems in economics involve:
  1. Monetary Sovereignty describes money creation and destruction.
  2. Gap Psychology describes the common desire to distance oneself from those “below” in any socio-economic ranking, and to come nearer those “above.” The socio-economic distance is referred to as “The Gap.”
Wide Gaps negatively affect poverty, health and longevity, education, housing, law and crime, war, leadership, ownership, bigotry, supply and demand, taxation, GDP, international relations, scientific advancement, the environment, human motivation and well-being, and virtually every other issue in economics. Implementation of Monetary Sovereignty and The Ten Steps To Prosperity can grow the economy and narrow the Gaps: Ten Steps To Prosperity:
  1. Eliminate FICA
  2. Federally funded Medicare — parts A, B & D, plus long-term care — for everyone
  3. Social Security for all
  4. Free education (including post-grad) for everyone
  5. Salary for attending school
  6. Eliminate federal taxes on business
  7. Increase the standard income tax deduction, annually. 
  8. Tax the very rich (the “.1%”) more, with higher progressive tax rates on all forms of income.
  9. Federal ownership of all banks
  10. Increase federal spending on the myriad initiatives that benefit America’s 99.9% 
The Ten Steps will grow the economy and narrow the income/wealth/power Gap between the rich and the rest.

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