COVID-19

"In my opinion the people of Florida would be better served by a surgeon general who grounds his policy decisions and recommendations in the best scientific evidence rather than opinions.”

Ex-supervisor wouldn't endorse Ladapo as FL's top doctor

"You do have people — when kind of the hysteria gets going, you’ll have certain people who will go out and will just get tested all the time at some of these sites,”

DeSantis defends allowing stockpiled COVID tests to expire

“If Manatee County doesn’t like us doing this, then we are totally fine with putting this in counties that want it.”

DeSantis criticized for giving special vaccine access to wealthy neighborhoods like Lakewood Ranch

DeSantis: “We are no longer in a state of emergency.”

Gov. DeSantis signs bill banning vaccine passports; suspends COVID-19 local emergency orders

“Reducing hospital admissions has got to be a top priority.”

DeSantis top donor invests in COVID drug governor promotes

"It's not good for Americans to be hearing just one perspective on this."

Florida’s new surgeon general, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, has ties to fringe group pushing bogus COVID cures

“Going forward, you must ensure that your company immediately corrects recurring data quality issues that impact the department’s ability to process and analyze your data.”

Two contractors failed to report 230,000 COVID tests during Florida’s omicron wave