{"id":2014445,"date":"2023-08-28T15:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-surgeon-general-rallies-against-mask-policies-reminds-public-of-the-awesome-power-we-wield\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:44:51","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T19:44:51","slug":"state-surgeon-general-rallies-against-mask-policies-reminds-public-of-the-awesome-power-we-wield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-surgeon-general-rallies-against-mask-policies-reminds-public-of-the-awesome-power-we-wield\/","title":{"rendered":"Surgeon General opposes mask policies, emphasizes our incredible influence."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-surgeon-general-rallies-against-mask-policies-reminds-public-of-the-awesome-power-we-wield%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2014445&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>State Surgeon General Rallies Against Mask Policies, Reminds \u200bPublic of the \u2063Awesome Power\u200c We Wield<\/h2>\n<p>News articles\u2064 have been appearing all across the media that President Joe \u2062Biden and the liberal establishment are looking to reinstate mask\u200c policies. But one state official \u2063is already\u200c warning that he will not \u200ccomply.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Florida\u2019s surgeon\u200d general, Joseph Ladapo, took\u2063 to his X account to blast the idea of returning to widespread \u2063mask mandates, calling the idea an example of insanity.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What do you call re<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-surgeon-general-slams-return-of-mask-mandates-across-country-urges-people-to-refuse-to-participate\/\" title=\"Florida's Surgeon General criticizes the reintroduction of mask mandates nationwide and encourages individuals to reject them.\">-imposing mask policies<\/a> that have been proven ineffective or \u2063restarting \u200clockdowns that are known to cause harm?<\/p>\n<p>You don\u2019t call it sanity.<\/p>\n<p>These terrible policies only work with your cooperation. How about \u200brefusing \u200dto participate\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joseph A. Ladapo, MD, PhD \u200b(@FLSurgeonGen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLSurgeonGen\/status\/1694770935293780290?\">August 24, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That is quite a statement. \u2064After \u2063all, this is a top state official surging citizens to engage in civil disobedience.<\/p>\n<p>It should be remembered that even in\u2063 Florida, many\u200d of the state\u2019s most liberal areas forced \u200dmasking \u200bmandates on people.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/media-interviews-mom-raging-desantis-telling-son-take-off-mask-blows-face\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> himself \u200cwas <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarcACaputo\/status\/1275867001282592768\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seen<\/a> wearing a mask from time to time, though he never\u2062 kept up with the\u200c practice regularly.<\/p>\n<p>Granted,\u200b Florida was one of\u2063 the first\u200b states \u2062to\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-surgeon-general-rallies-against-mask-policies-reminds-public-of-the-awesome-power-we-wield\/\" title=\"Surgeon General opposes mask policies, emphasizes our incredible influence.\">drop state-wide\u2062 mandate rules<\/a>, having ended the state policy in September 2020. And a year \u2064later, DeSantis was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/major-florida-school-district-backtracks-mask-mandate-desantis-order\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">issuing orders<\/a> to\u2062 cut off \u200bfunding to schools that \u200cwere still\u2062 pushing masks on kids.<\/p>\n<p>But some schools, hospitals, and \u2064medical facilities in the Sunshine \u2062State and \u200delsewhere\u2063 are also already starting to push <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/christian-arrested-attending-outdoor-worship-service-no-mask-celebrates-victory-blue-city-pays\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mask mandates<\/a>, again.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2062 is hardly the first time\u2063 Ladapo has been seen blasting mask mandates.<\/p>\n<p>Back in September 2021, \u2062Dr. Ladapo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/floridas-new-surgeon-general-comes-swinging-drops-4-words-prove-desantis-picked-lion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">came out swinging<\/a> \u200d against \u200dmasking saying, \u201cFlorida will completely\u200b reject fear as a\u200c way of making policies,\u201d when DeSantis announced\u200b his appointment\u2064 to the state\u2019s top health office.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Ron\u2062 DeSantis just made Dr. \u200cLadapo the new Surgeon General in Florida. Watch this \u200band \u2062you\u2019ll wish he was in charge of COVID policy for the United States.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFlorida will completely reject \u200cfear \u200cas a way of making policies\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This\u200d is the Doctor America needs!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3Ixi8KxxLx\">pic.twitter.com\/3Ixi8KxxLx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Robby Starbuck \u2064(@robbystarbuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robbystarbuck\/status\/1440511149003313158?\">September 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The mask madness is being bandied about once again because \u200bof a recent uptick in COVID-19 \u2063cases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control\u200d and Prevention shows \u200bthat COVID-related hospitalizations hit more than 12,600 during the week ending Aug. 12, up 21.6% from the previous week, but it\u200c is still far below\u2063 the high of more than 150,000 in January 2022,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/state-houses\/florida-surgeon-general-slams-renewed-mask-mandates-urges-people-refuse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a> \u200dwrote on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>These numbers have already driven some woke, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/college-student-says-she-got-a-zero-on-project-for-two-true-words-she-used-most-biased-grade-ever\/\" title=\"Student gets zero on project for using two true words, calls it 'most biased grade ever'.\">left-wing schools<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-to-cdc-masks-have-not-and-will-not-make-covid-go-away\/\" title=\"Marsha Blackburn to CDC: 'Masks Have Not and Will Not Make COVID Go Away'\">reinstitute mask mandates<\/a>\u200d on students.\u2064 When Morris Brown College in Atlanta\u2064 reopened\u200c for the new school year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/college-institutes-mask-mandate-bans-student-gatherings-despite-no-confirmed-covid-cases\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">masks were back<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, there has \u200bnever been any great amount of proof that\u2062 masks work to prevent\u2063 COVID-19 infections. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-finds-mask-use-little-no-association-spread-covid-contradicting-cdc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Study<\/a> after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/study-covid-survive-mask-3-days\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> \u200dhas shown that masks\u200c are\u200c very ineffective \u2064for prevention. And \u200bjust this month another study even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/warning-covid-masks-linked-seizures-cancer-nih-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">linked<\/a> long-term mask use to an increase in \u2062seizures and even cancer due to the buildup\u2062 of \u200dtoxic chemicals they gather.<\/p>\n<p>Ladapo\u200d is right. Masks \u200bmandates are just a way to instill fear in people so that autocratic government officials \u2062can more \u2062easily wield the power that\u2063 they\u200c crave to \u200ccontrol our\u200d lives. And \u2063the \u200che joins many who say they will not\u200c fall \u2062for it again and will not\u200b comply.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/state-surgeon-general-rallies-mask-policies-reminds-public-awesome-power-wield\/\">State Surgeon General Rallies Against\u2063 Mask Policies, Reminds \u200dPublic of the Awesome Power We Wield<\/a> appeared\u2063 first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The \u2064Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>mask mandates. Ladapo stated that such mandates are not supported by scientific evidence and that individuals should have the freedom to make their own choices regarding masks. He emphasized the importance of focusing on effective treatments and vaccinations rather than relying solely on masks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2014446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2014445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2014445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2014445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2014446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2014445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2014445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2014445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}