The former surgeon general said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “fumbled the ball at the 1-yard line” with how it communicated the …
The former surgeon general said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “fumbled the ball at the 1-yard line” with how it communicated the mask guidance for vaccinated Americans — as the announcement spawned confusion across the country and even spark ed a skit on “Saturday Night Live.” “I think this was an appropriate call based on the science,” Dr. Jerome Adams said Monday on CNN’s “New Day.” “I think the play call was right, but they fumbled the ball at the one-yard line in terms of communicating this to the public.” Adams, who served as attorney general under President Donald Trump from 2017 until Trump left office in January, said the new CDC guidance announced by Director Rochelle Walensky last week left his colleagues in the public health industry feeling “blindsided.” “I think you miss the nuance about protecting yourself versus protecting an organization,” Adams said. “It was a little bit of whiplash for the American public in terms of them saying just a week before, ‘Keep your mask on’ and then all of sudden they’re saying, ‘Now you can take them off.’” Walensky announced the new regulations last Thursday during a coronavirus briefing –even though only 45 percent of Americans have been fully vaccinated for the coronavirus.
