ucla s hospital at the same time as dr. lott oppose said that he was misleading the public about his experience treating covid patients there. a member of the team told us that dr. latypov is not part of that team we also obtained scheduling documents from the time doctor ladapo was working at ucla. those documents did not show dr. ladapo scheduled to take care of covid patients at all. we contacted the florida department of health seeking comment from doctor ladapo multiple times when you first air this reporting, but we never heard back. we reached out again this week, and the press secretary for the florida department of health responded by calling our request for comment, quote, cute. that was an actual quote. thanks for reaching out to ask about this unsubstantiated conspiracy theory. it s cute that you re asking for comment. this is a state government. we then heard from the communications director at the florida department of health, he confirmed that doctor ladapo did not treat
but he was in fact a frontline doctor with experience treating covid patients. he published two things pub working with covid cases at ucla. the only issue with that is that rachael s team obtained evidence that called those claims into question. multiple people who worked at ucla hospital at the same time as doctor ladapo say that he misled the public about his experience creating covid patients. a member of the team at ucla early in the pandemic told us that doctor ladapo was not part of that came. we also obtained scheduling documents from the time that doctor ladapo was working at ucla, and those documents did not show dr. ladapo scheduled to take care of covid patients. at the time that we reported on that, the florida department of health refused to comment on our story. the communications director at the florida department of health has since confirmed that doctor ladapo did not treat covid patients during much of
2020, when ucla was running a specialized covid ward. but, she claimed, that doctor ladapo did treat patients prior to, and after that period saying quote, i am sure you can find documents that prove that if you are finding other documents to promote your narrative, and quote. i guess that is a good point. the thing is, we did try very hard to get a hold of any documents that would prove that doctor ladapo treated covid patients at ucla. we have not turned anything up. but would also stuck out from a reporting, with the comments made from some of the people who worked with doctor ladapo. one source told us quote, what hurts me the most is that those in florida that hired him cite his work at ucla as a point of admiration . but he is everything this hospital and this institution is not. that was back in november. now, one local paper and florida has advanced the story. this with the splash page of
admiration but he is everything this hospital and this institution is not. that was back in november. now, one local paper and florida has advanced the story. this with the splash page of the tallahassee democrats yesterday. it says surgeon general got scathing review from ucla and background check. the paper obtained that background checks through an open records request. it was conducted as part of dr. ladapo s senate confirmation process, which is currently ongoing. it offers a searing a valuation of the states top doctor, from one of his former supervisors at ucla. here it is. quote, would you recommend the applicant for employment as surgeon general of florida, in confidence in his ability, honesty, and integrity to perform related duties? the supervisors answer, quote, no, and my opinion the people of florida would be better served by a surgeon general who
Leftist MSNBC cable news host Rachel Maddow was caught red-handed on Thursday deceptively editing a statement given to her by the Florida Department of Health press secretary Jeremy Redfern regarding her ongoing smear job of Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, who she claims never treated COVID patients during the pande