DeSantis campaigns in NH with Florida surgeon general who rejected CDC COVID-19 guidance – WMUR Manchester

DeSantis campaigns in NH with Florida surgeon general who rejected CDC COVID-19 guidance

Updated: 6:33 PM EDT Nov 1, 2023

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire on Wednesday with the Florida surgeon general, touting their sometimes controversial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.During the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis and Dr. Joseph Ladapo weren't afraid to steer Florida away from certain guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."They decided that healthy people should be quarantined, and that had never been done before," DeSantis said. "And you had schools the CDC pushed this; Joe and I rejected it but they would say if one kid got positive for COVID, then anyone in the class, even if they were healthy, had to go home and isolate for two weeks. It was terrible for families."Ladapo became a controversial figure in the medical community during the pandemic when he said healthy children should not be vaccinated against COVID-19, which went against recommendations from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He said the negative impacts of the COVID-19 response should have been balanced against the danger of the virus."Record rates of alcohol abuse, drug abuse, overdoses, kids. I mean, it's crazy," Ladapo said. "Can you imagine that double-digit percentages of children have thought about suicide?"DeSantis is targeting a certain kind of primary voter, but talking about the pandemic also helps him draw a contrast with the GOP frontrunner, former President Donald Trump."The CDC director under Trump at one point said I think holding up a mask 'If we do this for six weeks, the pandemic will be over," DeSantis said. "That was false."

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis campaigned in New Hampshire on Wednesday with the Florida surgeon general, touting their sometimes controversial response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis and Dr. Joseph Ladapo weren't afraid to steer Florida away from certain guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

"They decided that healthy people should be quarantined, and that had never been done before," DeSantis said. "And you had schools the CDC pushed this; Joe and I rejected it but they would say if one kid got positive for COVID, then anyone in the class, even if they were healthy, had to go home and isolate for two weeks. It was terrible for families."

Ladapo became a controversial figure in the medical community during the pandemic when he said healthy children should not be vaccinated against COVID-19, which went against recommendations from the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics. He said the negative impacts of the COVID-19 response should have been balanced against the danger of the virus.

"Record rates of alcohol abuse, drug abuse, overdoses, kids. I mean, it's crazy," Ladapo said. "Can you imagine that double-digit percentages of children have thought about suicide?"

DeSantis is targeting a certain kind of primary voter, but talking about the pandemic also helps him draw a contrast with the GOP frontrunner, former President Donald Trump.

"The CDC director under Trump at one point said I think holding up a mask 'If we do this for six weeks, the pandemic will be over," DeSantis said. "That was false."

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