As COVID-19 roared back, departing Florida surgeon general missing from Gov. Ron DeSantis’ response

While Rivkees hasn’t been on DeSantis’ schedule, the governor has been getting input from Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a Stanford University professor of medicine, and Martin Kulldorff, a Harvard Medical School professor. Both are controversial figures who signed the Great Barrington Declaration, which called for letting the virus spread in the lower-risk population with the goal of herd immunity.