{"id":60069,"date":"2025-12-17T19:40:05","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=60069"},"modified":"2025-12-17T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T00:40:12","slug":"letter-let-floridians-sue-desantis-ladapo-for-spreading-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/letter-let-floridians-sue-desantis-ladapo-for-spreading-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter &#8211; Let Floridians sue DeSantis, Ladapo for spreading disease"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" data-dominant-color=\"4a3c39\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #4a3c39;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"435\" height=\"288\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17T193736.942.webp?resize=435%2C288&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-60070 not-transparent\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17T193736.942.webp?w=435&amp;ssl=1 435w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-17T193736.942.webp?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let Floridians sue for lack of vaccines<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">State Rep. Monique Miller is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flhouse.gov\/Sections\/Bills\/billsdetail.aspx?BillId=82901\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">proposing a new law<\/a>&nbsp;that would allow people to sue if harmed by a vaccine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But I think Miller should also propose a new law that would allow anyone who gets polio \u2013 or another life-threatening disease \u2013 to sue because of a lack of preventive vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And I believe this new law should have no statute of limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gov. Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo should be listed among the defendants in these lawsuits for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2025\/09\/07\/joseph-ladapo-florida-surgeon-general-vaccine-mandate\/86028111007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;encouraging vaccine denialism<\/a>&nbsp;in Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This law should also expand the crime of \u201cchild abuse\u201d to prosecute parents who deny their children vaccines that have been administered for generations \u2013 and have led to the elimination of horrible, devastating diseases such as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/voices\/2025\/04\/12\/polio-vaccine-70th-anniversary-rfk-jr-measles\/82543227007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">polio<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In \u201cThe Free State\u201d of Florida, the inmates have taken over the asylum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stuart Sinai, Longboat Key<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinai is a longtime lawyer based in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/opinion\/letters\/2020\/09\/22\/herald-tribune-how-send-letter-editor\/3492961001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Herald-Tribune: How to send a letter to the editor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This article originally appeared on Sarasota Herald-Tribune:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldtribune.com\/story\/opinion\/letters\/2025\/12\/17\/desantis-ladapo-vaccine-florida\/87807903007\/\">Let Floridians sue DeSantis, Ladapo for spreading disease | Letter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let Floridians sue for lack of vaccines State Rep. Monique Miller is&nbsp;proposing a new law&nbsp;that would allow people to sue if harmed by a vaccine. 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