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On Jan 3, 2024, Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo discouraged mRNA COVID vaccines, claiming they cause cancer. Experts quickly dismissed the claim as baseless.
On Jan 3, 2024, Florida surgeon general Joseph Ladapo discouraged immunisation with mRNA COVID vaccines, suggesting they cause cancer. Experts immediately condemned the comments. “The claim made by Dr Ladapo is biologically implausible and there is no preclinical, nor clinical, evidence to support it”, said Skyler Johnson (Huntsman Cancer Institute and University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA).