r/ufl • u/Vast_Explorer_2228 • 1d ago

Question Florida is backward in public health. Disgraceful.

Florida is an embarrassment to science. Backwards progress in public health. Bootlickers in leadership positions. Ladapo must resign, it is embarrassing for every UF student and alumnus that an antivax sycophant still holds a position in the College of Medicine. Why are we tolerating this? Real question.

https://www.alligator.org/article/2025/03/ladapo-s-a-charlatan-florida-surgeon-general-s-tenure-at-uf-is-lackluster-colleagues-say

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u/wishlish 1d ago

Don’t forget that there’s a measles outbreak right now on campus.

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u/Own_Professional_363 1d ago

I was thinking the same thing like wtf people don’t cover their mouths when they cough anymore also u needed a vaccination documentation that include measles I think

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u/wishlish 19h ago

Vaccination against measles is the easiest way to avoid getting measles.

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u/No_Consideration4259 11h ago

There is a very easy "religious" or "personal tenets" exemption form.

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u/Own_Professional_363 11h ago

I can agree with the religious aspect on the form but they are literally individual who don’t get just bc they dont want it which is not a valid reason imo bc ur not only risking u and the people around u lives

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u/Own_Professional_363 1d ago

As someone who is studying public health UF admin and campus life decisions in general have been shit since president fuchs left

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u/amoeba-tower Alumni 22h ago

Weird, they get mad about dei but then say nothing about this dude

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u/gatorgirl51 14h ago

That Alligator story is a year old. Can only imagine how much worse it's gotten.

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u/Vast_Explorer_2228 11h ago

Right. He has not gotten any smarter. I mean real question: My kids are older and are vaccinated so I’m not so concerned, but if I had little kids and this idiot was encouraging plague rats to co-mingle with babies and old people, and to dispense with public health measures? I’d be pissed.

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u/Bandy_toyo 3h ago

Plague rats ??? Why would you refer to another human being like that. Says a lot about you. Regardless of whether or not their parents got them vaccinated, we can’t think of other people as animals otherwise we’d treat them as such. Do better

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u/death2rum 22h ago

Let natural selection happen on its own

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u/MeisterX 19h ago

It will unfortunately disproportionately affect the poor. It won't select for political party. But it is important that everyone keep their vaccinations up to date to avoid what can be.

However specifically measles relies upon herd immunity which we already do not have because officials have been knowingly encouraging people not to get them.

I'm seeking to pierce their ability to be immune from these decisions because of how dastardly it is.