Twitter declares Florida's surgeon general a 'dangerous quack' and 'circus clown' peddling conspiracy theories

Florida Gov. Ron DeSanits, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, and others from the medical community held a press conference Monday morning to discuss the failure of COVID lockdowns and mandates. Ladapo raised some feathers by suggesting that your healthy 5-year-old might not need to be vaccinated against the coronavirus (while they continue to work on a vaccine for infants to 4-year-olds). White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki was asked about that at her press briefing and said not only that the White House follows The Science™ but that Ladapo was a politician peddling conspiracy theories.

Jen Psaki says that @FLSurgeonGen is a politician who is "peddling conspiracy theories." pic.twitter.com/QKgUqAiO1U

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) March 7, 2022

Psaki asked about @FLSurgeonGen saying COVID vaccines should not be given to healthy children. Asked if she agrees, she says "absolutely not," says WH follows science. She then called him a politician spreading a conspiracy theory. He's actually doctor who went to Harvard.

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 7, 2022

"Dr. Ladapo graduated from Wake Forest University and received his MD from Harvard Medical School and his PhD in Health Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. He completed his clinical training in internal medicine at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center." https://t.co/8sQCwVW0zM

— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) March 7, 2022

Ladapo would be a target regardless of what he said because he was nominated by DeSantis.

Gubernatorial hopeful Charlie Crist called Ladapo a “dangerous quack”:

Florida’s Surgeon General is a dangerous quack.

— Charlie Crist (@CharlieCrist) March 7, 2022

And Montel Williams called Ladapo a “circus clown” before the press conference even started:

Governor Ron DeSantis, Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Physicians, and Epidemiologists Discuss Failure of Lockdowns and Mandates coming up live at 10 a.m. pic.twitter.com/m1Wl7oitlw

— Kyle Lamb (@kylamb8) March 7, 2022

When you can’t attack the message (and the studies he cites), attack the messenger, right? When did you move from ‘Follow the science’ to ‘Don’t pay attention to the studies presented by the highly educated medical professional because he disagrees with me politically’?

— Cory Harkness (@CoryHarkness) March 7, 2022

I hate that you became a shill for big government, Montel. I know it doesn’t matter to you, but you’re huge disappointment to many people.

— W҉A҉R҉M҉ ҉G҉A҉T҉O҉R҉A҉D҉E҉ (@BidensFineChina) March 7, 2022

Twitter has broken every B list celebrity

— Richie Bratton (@richiebratton) March 7, 2022

Pretty sure that when all is said and done it’ll be people like you who are shamed and driven out of polite society.

— Mike (@mikeymike0193) March 7, 2022

This is like a tabloid calling a medical journal "fake news".

— SolenyaThePickleMan (@SolenyaThe) March 7, 2022

This is embarrassing, Montel.

It's quite evident you don't know anything about Ladapo or about the subjects being discussed.

These reactionary attacks by established liberal personalities won't cut it.

Florida has had enough of partisan hacks.

— Captain LatAm 🐊🚚☯︎ (@TweetsJoaquin) March 7, 2022

I was going to say Kyle should be proud to have hit a nerve with somebody famous…
Then I realized it is only Montel

— GWardHome (@gwardhome) March 7, 2022

Might want your research staff to do a better job vetting info for your tweets.

— Ann Stokes (@AnnStokes55) March 7, 2022

Funny how all of the blue states dropped their mandates just in time for the State of the Union address. Didn’t Biden say he was going to shut down the virus if we elected him? Talk about a clown.

Related:

New York Times notes that Florida’s next surgeon general ‘only supports vaccination campaigns if the shots are voluntary’ https://t.co/g8CVIch9vF

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 23, 2022