Tweets Analysis - Keyword: @FLSurgeonGen
Overview
Total number of tweets analysed
5,827
Earliest tweet was on
2023-02-09
Latest tweet was on
2023-02-19
Tweets covering
10 days
Average age of authors' accounts
6 years
Summarization
Florida's Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo has noted an increase in VAERS reports of life-threatening conditions following the COVID-19 vaccine, which he considers to be an inappropriate risk to public health and safety. The CDC has rebutted his statements, claiming that some of the observed adverse events may not be related to the vaccine. People have voiced their support for Ladapo and criticized the US government's response to the vaccine.
Topic Modeling
- COVID-19 Vaccines – risks, reporting & responses to mass vaccination efforts
- VAERS reports – increase in reports, accuracy & implications
- Leadership – examples in healthcare & society
- Florida – state-specific recommendations & state action
- Misinformation – challenges in medical ethics & justice
Emotional Analysis
The tweets in this collection express a range of emotions, from outrage and shock to admiration and hope. Many of the tweets focus on the response of Florida's Surgeon General, Dr. Joseph Ladapo, to the mass vaccination efforts of the federal government, as well as his warnings about the potential risks of the COVID-19 vaccine. Other tweets express appreciation for Dr. Ladapo's leadership, as well as concern about the potential dangers of the vaccine and the lack of transparency from the US FDA and CDC. The overall sentiment is one of caution and skepticism, with many of the tweets calling for more information and accountability from government officials.
Trend Analysis
- Potential risks of COVID-19 vaccines
- Mass vaccination efforts
- Public Alerts on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines
- Drawing incorrect conclusions from data
- Government’s response to vaccine risks
Types of Tweets
Number of Retweets
494
Percentage of total tweets
8%
Number of Original tweets
119
Percentage of total tweets
2%
Number of tweets that contain Mentions
5,827
Percentage of total tweets
100%
Number of tweets that were Replies
5,110
Percentage of total tweets
87%
Number of tweets that were Quotes
367
Percentage of total tweets
6%
Number of tweets that contain Hashtags
241
Percentage of total tweets
4%
Top 5 devices used to tweet
Source | Count |
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Twitter for iPhone | 2299 |
Twitter Web App | 1953 |
Twitter for Android | 1375 |
Twitter for iPad | 190 |
TweetDeck | 3 |
What devices were used to tweet

Top 10 accounts with highest followers count
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RobertKennedyJr | Robert F. Kennedy Jr | Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is founder, chairman + chief legal counsel for @ChildrensHD + founder of @Waterkeeper Alliance + served as longtime chairman and attorney | 775,593 |
P_McCulloughMD | Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH™ | Public figure, author, physician, news commentator, analysis of pandemic response. Turn notifications on! #courageousdiscourse https://t.co/3JrlSdl80J | 767,055 |
EpochTimes | The Epoch Times | Independent, award-winning reporting based on Truth and Tradition. Newsletters: https://t.co/0F3JANwb8P | Watch: https://t.co/M1G2gEVJmq | Play: https://t.co/pDrVrN4Qcy | 579,781 |
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Top 10 accounts with highest friends count
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MtnMD | K. Sennholz MD | #Resist https://t.co/qjziuxnbtH, Lists: Top 100 Twitter Accnts-HC Profs, Top 25 MDs Mastadon Tribel and https://t.co/K2yB2a21qN @SimpleVitality@med-mastadon.com | 57,203 |
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Most active users
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hcasan0va | Multi Emmy Award-Winning Producer/Engineer/Musician 🏆 it ain’t easy but somebody’s gotta do it | 105 |
Loretta_Torrago | Bad at following back. I write, often on COVID & the follies of minimizers. @Loretta_Torrago@kolektiva.social Philosophy PhD Cornell | 86 |
Claude__Cat | Doctors Against Demagogues ⏩ Interests: Science|Medicine|Art|Literature|Writing|Languages|Logic|Comedy|Sports|Politics|Food|Animals|Wilderness|Travel|Games | 82 |
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DJScorpiones | Arachnid with long tail that stings | 50 |
PedsGeekMD | Equal parts puns, pediatrics, pop culture. I debunk vaccine myths like Spock & McCoy combined. Yes, I’ve read the inserts. Opinions mine, not employer’s. | 45 |
moveqifreely | Former Army medic x 3 Iraq tours. Now practicing Qi Gong, Tui Na, Ayurveda, Body Therapy. Re-Defining Doctor as teacher; taking the word back from MDs & Pharma. | 36 |
Rodman743 | Feel blessed daily that I never once considered joining the current creepy as fuq right wing cult. 🙏 | 33 |
Truth_in_Number | Wading through the hyperbole and rumors to find the data that tells the story | 32 |
Tweets per day

Top 10 tweets with highest Retweet count
ID | Text | Retweet count |
---|---|---|
1626348022736031744 | .@FLSurgeonGen Dr. Joseph Ladapo: "It is not appropriate to be giving people a medication – a vaccine in this case – that increases their risk of dropping dead by over 80%. That's not appropriate!" https://t.co/V3OwvAYr9i | 1817 |
1626681366971576320 | "We have never seen this type of response following previous mass vaccination efforts pushed by the federal government." @FLSurgeonGen https://t.co/KmojYb5d7c | 1283 |
1626394445351473153 | Dr. John Campbell Reviews Florida’s Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines “Why aren’t the other states producing data like this? Is Florida the only one that can count? It would appear so…” @FLSurgeonGen @HealthyFla @GovRonDeSantis https://t.co/W3WpYALsL7 | 936 |
1626242959715848193 | .@FLSurgeonGen has notified the health care sector and the public of a substantial increase in VAERS reports from Florida, including for life-threatening conditions. https://t.co/wA4eQoAfA6 | 786 |
1626346919428489216 | I sure hope @US_FDA and @CDCgov provide @GovRonDeSantis and @FLSurgeonGen with a better response than they provided to me and the American public. https://t.co/z6aDECjrmG | 222 |
1626670954754543616 | Okay so @FLSurgeonGen Dr. Ladapo is spreading more AV nonsense in his capacity as Florida’s Surgeon General. He released this letter outlining the harm of the vaccines and how it should influence policy. Let’s break his evidence down 🧵 https://t.co/QCteTCe1bP | 144 |
1625516332962746368 | The Most Egregious Catastrophic Violation of Medical Ethics in Human History @TuckerCarlson @IngrahamAngle @realstewpeters @joerogan @LTCTheresaLong @DrAseemMalhotra @P_McCulloughMD @FLSurgeonGen @GovDeSantis https://t.co/ocuonLEccI | 115 |
1626600110506536962 | They keep telling us to “follow official Covid guidelines”. Well, in Florida the following are the official recommendations and warnings of the state Surgeon General (@FLSurgeonGen) regarding Covid vaccines. So please do “follow official Covid guidelines” 😎 _ https://t.co/9u1P90Eq13 | 115 |
1626214810911379456 | We definitely need more leaders, like @FLSurgeonGen with sense. I would say “common sense“, but that disappeared in medicine and society about 3 years ago. https://t.co/EPvkmx7txV | 98 |
1626297281061462017 | @FLSurgeonGen Dr. Gregory Michael was florida OB/GYN. He first had severe ITP and it was reported to VAERS. Then he passed. Public facing VAERS has never updated his report to "Died". Maybe you could get a copy of his actual report and compare? His wife did update them. https://t.co/87fDtI9Fjj | 97 |
Top 10 tweets with highest Like count
ID | Text | Like count |
---|---|---|
1626348022736031744 | .@FLSurgeonGen Dr. Joseph Ladapo: "It is not appropriate to be giving people a medication – a vaccine in this case – that increases their risk of dropping dead by over 80%. That's not appropriate!" https://t.co/V3OwvAYr9i | 3862 |
1626681366971576320 | "We have never seen this type of response following previous mass vaccination efforts pushed by the federal government." @FLSurgeonGen https://t.co/KmojYb5d7c | 3580 |
1626242959715848193 | .@FLSurgeonGen has notified the health care sector and the public of a substantial increase in VAERS reports from Florida, including for life-threatening conditions. https://t.co/wA4eQoAfA6 | 1841 |
1626394445351473153 | Dr. John Campbell Reviews Florida’s Health Alert on mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines “Why aren’t the other states producing data like this? Is Florida the only one that can count? It would appear so…” @FLSurgeonGen @HealthyFla @GovRonDeSantis https://t.co/W3WpYALsL7 | 1796 |
1626346919428489216 | I sure hope @US_FDA and @CDCgov provide @GovRonDeSantis and @FLSurgeonGen with a better response than they provided to me and the American public. https://t.co/z6aDECjrmG | 867 |
1626214810911379456 | We definitely need more leaders, like @FLSurgeonGen with sense. I would say “common sense“, but that disappeared in medicine and society about 3 years ago. https://t.co/EPvkmx7txV | 526 |
1626670954754543616 | Okay so @FLSurgeonGen Dr. Ladapo is spreading more AV nonsense in his capacity as Florida’s Surgeon General. He released this letter outlining the harm of the vaccines and how it should influence policy. Let’s break his evidence down 🧵 https://t.co/QCteTCe1bP | 521 |
1626600110506536962 | They keep telling us to “follow official Covid guidelines”. Well, in Florida the following are the official recommendations and warnings of the state Surgeon General (@FLSurgeonGen) regarding Covid vaccines. So please do “follow official Covid guidelines” 😎 _ https://t.co/9u1P90Eq13 | 298 |
1626317423048785920 | @HealthyFla @FLSurgeonGen There are moments in history when some stand against tyranny and speaks the truth. This is one of those moments. Thank you, Florida, and thank you Dr. Ladapo! | 297 |
1626297281061462017 | @FLSurgeonGen Dr. Gregory Michael was florida OB/GYN. He first had severe ITP and it was reported to VAERS. Then he passed. Public facing VAERS has never updated his report to "Died". Maybe you could get a copy of his actual report and compare? His wife did update them. https://t.co/87fDtI9Fjj | 253 |
Top 3 Languages Used In Tweets

Top 10 Hashtags used
Hashtag | Count |
---|---|
#acog | 30 |
#abog | 28 |
#smfm | 26 |
#florida | 23 |
#diedsuddenly | 14 |
#covid19 | 14 |
#stoptheshots | 9 |
#nuremberg2 | 9 |
#covid | 8 |
#cdc | 8 |
Top 10 Hashtags Used In Tweets

Top 10 mentions
Mention | Count |
---|---|
@flsurgeongen | 5876 |
@healthyfla | 1110 |
@loretta_torrago | 494 |
@claude__cat | 436 |
@govrondesantis | 416 |
@senronjohnson | 294 |
@us_fda | 246 |
@p_mcculloughmd | 230 |
@docwithbowtie | 209 |
@robertkennedyjr | 162 |
Top 10 mentions

Wordcloud of Tweets

Emojis
Average number of emojis used per tweet
20
Emojis used in tweets
Emoji | Count | Emoji Text |
---|---|---|
🤡 | 141 | clown_face |
🤣 | 104 | rolling_on_the_floor_laughing |
😂 | 81 | face_with_tears_of_joy |
💩 | 51 | pile_of_poo |
🙏 | 48 | folded_hands |
💉 | 34 | syringe |
👍 | 32 | thumbs_up |
👏 | 31 | clapping_hands |
🙄 | 30 | face_with_rolling_eyes |
🤔 | 23 | thinking_face |
Emojis groups
Emoji Group | Count |
---|---|
Smileys & Emotion | 696 |
People & Body | 312 |
Objects | 54 |
Symbols | 48 |
Travel & Places | 42 |
Activities | 28 |
Animals & Nature | 21 |
Flags | 16 |