Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to relax its mask guidance was “premature” and “wrong,” …
Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s decision to relax its mask guidance was “premature” and “wrong,” citing a surge in cases driven by the delta variant of the coronavirus. In a series of Saturday tweets, Dr. Adams compared the CDC’s May 13 guidelines easing the use of facial coverings to his call early in the pandemic with White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci against facial coverings. “Last year Tony Fauci and I famously, prematurely, & wrongly advised against masks. I felt it was the best call at the time, but now regret it. I’m worried the CDC also made a similarly premature, misinterpreted, yet still harmful call on masking in the face of delta variant,” Dr.
