in october 2022 ladapo recommended against men between ages 18 and 30 receiving the covid19 mrna vaccines due to a modestly increased risk of cardiacrelated deaths in an analysis posted online just because theres a report in vaers does not mean that the vaccine caused the event thats reported while the feds gaslight the american public florida pushes for the truth last month dr joseph ladapo had written his own letter to the federal health agencies saying he was concerned about adverse effects from mrna covid19 vaccines public transparency from the cdc fda and big pharma it serves as an early warning system for federal health officials to sift through the unverified reports to confirm if an investigation or further action is necessary sign is seen outside of the food and drug administration fda headquarters in white oak md aug 29 2020 reports of adverse events to vaers following vaccination do not mean that a vaccine caused the event the reporting system is the beginning of a series of investigations that then try to assess whether there might be a causal relationship as opposed to a coincidental relationship he said more fueling vaccine hesitancy undermines this effort he added that people can tune into meetings of the cdcs advisory committee on immunization practice to hear the data presented very carefully with the proviso that were going to present the various data and then show you how we have further analyzed the data and done further investigations to address various issues of vaccine safety additionally they were estimated to be 24 times less likely to die from covid19 than those who are vaccinated but have not received the updated shot 3 floridas decision not to preorder vaccines for young children will create access issues white house covid continues to be one of the 10 leading causes of death schaffner said in response fda commissioner robert califf and cdc director rochelle walensky said their agencies are constantly monitoring data to see if there are any potential risks but added that ladapo focusing on a rare minor events can cause misinformation to spread and can undermine public health efforts here is whats in the letter and why an expert says it can be dangerous to fuel vaccine hesitancy dr joseph ladapo speaks with reporters after the florida senate confirmed his appointment as the states surgeon general on feb 23 2022 in tallahassee fla brendan farringtonap file the claim that the increase of vaers reports of lifethreatening conditions reported from florida and elsewhere represents an increase of risk caused by the covid19 vaccines is incorrect misleading and could be harmful to the american public the letter states however multiple peerreviewed studies listed in the letter show that the risk of death serious illness and hospitalization is higher for unvaccinated people in all age groups 2 how do we distinguish coincidence from causality andrew kellyreuters file in a statement to abc news the florida department of health blasted back against the federal agencies