He was appointed by DeSantis, https://flgov.com/2021/09/21/governor-ron-desantis-announces... who has made quite clear what his feelings about COVID policy are.

I think anybody at this point defending hydroquinone and ivermectin, in the face of the available data, is not "following the science". And people complaining there are huge side effects to the vaccines are also, not "following the science". Running trials and evaluating clinical data to make policy during an emergency is non-trivial, but casting doubt like this isn't helpful.