Ron DeSantis has turned Florida into a hotbed of anti-science ignorance, which could turn it into a hotbed of disease.
that two key public health positions in the governor and presidential candidate’s administration are empty. The openings include the chief of the Florida Health Department’s Bureau of Epidemiology, as well as the bureau’s head of surveillance. The bureau tracks and combats the spread of infectious disease throughout the state.for new cases of malaria in Florida just days ago.
“These are critical public health functions,” Dr. Aileen Marty, an infectious disease expert at Florida International University, told NBC News. “There has, unfortunately, been recent politicization of the use of vaccines and health services for refugees and other immigrants, which may explain the challenges in filling this vital position.”
Florida hasn’t had anyone at the top of the Bureau of Epidemiology since last month, and the surveillance administrator position has been empty since March. DeSantis announced his bid for the White House in May, and quickly made his handling of the pandemic — and his antipathy toward institutional health experts — a plank of his campaign. The governor has gone hard after Donald Trump on the issue, bashing the former president for supporting a vaccine to combat a disease that has killed over one million Americans.
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