Recognition

The Moral Courage Award.

Given to a public figure who defended informed consent and honest medicine when it carried a professional cost.

Recipient file · 2025Inaugural

Dr. Joseph A. Ladapo

Surgeon General of Florida. Named the inaugural recipient of the Moral Courage Award for publicly defending informed consent and calling for transparency in vaccine safety data.

The award is not an endorsement of any candidate or party. It records a decision made in public, under pressure, at professional cost.

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Criteria

  • · Acted publicly, by name, on the record.
  • · Defended informed consent or transparency in medicine.
  • · Accepted professional or political cost for doing so.
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