DeSantis appoints doctor, researcher as surgeon general

Ladapo calls for being ‘done with fear’ amid covid.

  • Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo as state surgeon general. (RYAN DAILEY/News Service of Florida)
    Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday named physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo as state surgeon general. (RYAN DAILEY/News Service of Florida)

    TALLAHASSEE — Physician and researcher Joseph Ladapo was named Florida surgeon general on Tuesday, calling for being “done with fear” amid the covid-19 pandemic that has killed more than 51,000 of the…