Florida’s new surgeon-general was accused of refusing a mask to meet with a state senator suffering from breast cancer. She then told her it was fun.
Tina Polsky (the Florida senator) was diagnosed with breast carcinoma in August. She will soon begin radiation therapy.
She claimed that she asked Joseph Ladapo to wear a face mask “several times” earlier this week during a one on one meeting in her office. He refused, she said.
According to FloridaPolitics.com: “I told him that I had a severe medical condition,” Polsky said.
Tina Polsky (left), a Florida senator, was diagnosed with breast cancer in August. She will soon start radiation therapy. She said that she asked Joseph Ladapo to put on a mask “several times” earlier this week during an one-on-one interview in her office.
‘I really wanted the opportunity to interview him. Tina Polsky, a State Senator, pictured. Polsky said. ‘So that was unfortunate that I didn’t do it. But it was really uncomfortable.
Joseph Ladapo (pictured, September 16) wrote in The Wall Street Journal that he deplored ‘a zealous pursuit public mask-wearing’ which he said ‘has had, best, a modest impact on viral transmissions’
She said that Ladapo offered to hold the meeting outside the enclosed space. To which she replied: ‘I don’t want to go outside. I want you to sit inside my office and have a conversation with me.
When Polsky asked her surgeon general why he didn’t wear a mask she replied that he’smiled’.[d]”And didn’t respond” in response.
She said that he was very arrogant. ‘I told him many times that I have this very serious medical condition, and he said that it was okay because it has nothing to do what we were discussing.
Polsky claimed that she asked him to leave her office at that point. But Ladapo made sure to get the final word:
According to Polsky: “Sometimes, I try to reason avec unreasonable people for fun,” Ladapo said when he let the room go.
“I wanted to interview him. Polsky stated that he had many good questions. ‘So that was unfortunate that I didn’t do it. But it was really uncomfortable.
Polsky retweeted a tweet by her, which she called an ‘excellent question’, suggesting that Ladapo might have reacted differently if she were a ‘Republican male senator’.
Polsky retweeted a Twitter post, which she described as an ‘excellent query’ suggesting that Ladapo could have reacted differently if she were a Republican male Senator’
Ladapo also advocated the use of the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a treatment for coronavirus. Trump’s former president claimed that he used the drug, which was briefly approved last year by the FDA, to treat the coronavirus.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, people with cancer and those who have had harsh treatments for cancer are at greater risk of developing severe symptoms if they contract COVID-19.
A spokesperson from the Department of Health refuted Polsky’s claims.
“Dr. According to spokesperson Weesam Khhoury, Ladapo is open to meeting with legislators regardless of party affiliation to discuss policy, even if they disagree on the topic at hand.
‘Meetings between highly regarded and intelligent, elected and appointed officials happen all the time, and it is disappointing you don’t hear about them more — but it is probably because the only time they get reported is when a genuine meeting turns into a media headline expected from a gossip column.’
Ladapo, who previously dismissed COVID vaccines and supports ‘the right of people to choose how they best protect themselves and their families’, earned an MD from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in Health Policy at Harvard’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
Ron DeSantis, Florida Governor, appointed him to the position of surgeon general. He shares Ladapo’s dislike for vaccine mandates.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who shares Ladapo’s disgust for vaccine mandates, appointed the surgeon general.
‘Vaccines can be given to anyone. In September, Ladapo stated that there is nothing special about them as compared to other preventative measures.
The Wall Street Journal published a September 16 editorial in which the doctor lamented ‘a zealous pursuit for public mask-wearing’ that he said had had, at best a modest effect upon viral transmissions.
Ladapo also advocated the use of the malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, as a treatment for coronavirus. Trump’s former president claimed that he used the drug, which was briefly approved last year by the FDA, to treat the coronavirus.