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Top Florida Health Official Refused to Wear Mask

October 23, 2021 at 3:55 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“Florida’s top public health official was asked to leave a state Senator’s office this week after refusing to don a mask in her office,” Florida Politics reports.

“Sen. Tina Polsky, who was diagnosed with stage 1 breast cancer in August, asked state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and his two legislative aides to leave her office after Ladapo refused to comply with her request to put on a mask.”

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