University colleagues of Joseph Radapo, M.D., have accused the Florida Surgeon General of relying on flawed analyses, likely violating the university’s research integrity rules. Recommended for COVID vaccination in young men last fall.
Ah detailed critique A faculty task force at the University of Florida (UF) College of Medicine found that analysis of Florida Department of Health (FDOH) data (which was not peer-reviewed and authors were not listed) had statistically and methodological significance. claim to have had a problem.
“Recommendations to withhold COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for certain age groups must be supported by a careful risk-benefit analysis. and other governments, and academics,” they wrote. “Conversely, Dr. Radapo’s FDOH analysis and related policies have highly questionable merit.”
The report was sent to the university’s Office of Research Integrity, Security, and Compliance. by washington postfirst reported on the documentation.
However, UF Research vice president David Norton confirmed via email. MedPage Today The secretariat does not conduct an investigation.
“Because this work was performed by Dr. Joseph Radapo in his role as a Florida State Surgeon and not in his role as a UF faculty member, I have not filed any allegations or allegations with the Office of UF Research Integrity, Security and Compliance. We are not qualified to consider our concerns about the integrity of the research presented in the faculty task force report,” Norton said in a statement. We will continue to strongly support freedom to present findings and criticize scientific research and related policies.”
Radapo will join the faculty of the University of Florida School of Medicine in 2021 and was appointed State Surgeon General by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R). A controversy then ensued that the university violated his own hiring procedures in granting Radapo a lifetime employment. by Tampa Bay Times.
According to the article, Radapo would earn $262,000 a year as a professor and an additional $75,000 in a role focused on developing policies to reduce health care disparities. Between roles, Radapo would earn $437,000 a year.
Under Radapo’s direction, Florida repeatedly broke federal recommendations for COVID vaccination.Last spring, Radapo advised health to be vaccinated children aged 5 to 17and last summer he recommended against their use children under 5 years old.
FDOH analysis Released in October Men aged 18–39 years reported an 84% increase in the relative incidence of cardiac-related death within 28 days after mRNA vaccination; We do not recommend vaccination.
The Faculty Task Force report outlines seven specific deficiencies. This included the fact that the relative incidence estimate was “barely significant” at his lower bound of 1.05, and probably would not be significant if the authors corrected according to “standard statistical practice”. I don’t think so. A large number of tests performed.
Ladapo’s UF colleagues also accused the series of self-administered cases of imbalanced vaccination risks and benefits, and therefore could not be used to inform public policy. Furthermore, using the same data to create and test hypotheses, as was done in the analysis, is a “misuse of statistics,” they wrote.
Other problems with the analysis included very low case numbers in certain age groups, selective results, and ignoring published findings on the relationship between myocarditis and COVID vaccines, they wrote. I’m here.
This isn’t the first time a faculty member has challenged a colleague’s COVID-related claims. 2020 Stanford University Senate Condemned Behavior by Radiologist Scott Atlas, MDrelated to his time as a coronavirus adviser to former President Donald Trump.
However, these researchers did not go so far as to ask university leaders to investigate possible sanctions against Atlas.
