Former surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks 'premature' and 'wrong' | TheHill - The Hill

Surgeon General Jerome AdamsJerome AdamsFormer surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks 'premature' and 'wrong' Photos of the Week: Therapy dog, Surfside memorial and Chinese dancers Indiana county ends needle exchange program credited with containing an HIV outbreak MORE said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) guidance lifting mask recommendations for fully vaccinated Americans was “premature” and “wrong.”.

Adams, who served in the role under former President TrumpDonald TrumpFormer surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks 'premature' and 'wrong' Biden calls on Congress to pass voting rights bills on anniversary of John Lewis's death Cuba, Haiti pose major challenges for Florida Democrats MORE, said in a lengthy Twitter thread that he feared the CDC made its decision prematurely amid the rise of the delta variant.

I’m worried the CDC also made a similarly premature, misinterpreted, yet still harmful call on masking in the face of delta variant,” Adams said.

CDC Director Rochelle WalenskyRochelle WalenskyFormer surgeon general says CDC guidance on masks 'premature' and 'wrong' LA County sheriff says reinstated mask mandate 'not backed by science' Oklahoma's Choctaw Nation reimposes mask mandate for visitors at tribal health facilities MORE said Friday that the rise was a “pandemic of the unvaccinated,” noting that almost all of hospitalizations and deaths are among unvaccinated people.

Adams compared the current situation to how federal guidance on masks changed last year.

The former surgeon general said that earlier guidance against masks was “based on the science & conditions at the time.” Even though the science changed, people held on to the belief that masks didn't work, he stated. .

“CDC was well intended, but the message was misinterpreted, premature, & wrong