Former surgeon general says CDC 'premature' to ease mask rules as delta variant spreads - NBC News

"What @CDCgov said was based on the science & conditions at the time, and amounted to 'you're safe IF you vax it OR mask it,'" Adams tweeted Saturday.

"Both the conditions (rising cases) & the science (delta variant) changed, but what people heard and held to was masks were no longer needed…".

Fauci and I said was based on the science & conditions at the time, and amounted to “save the medical masks (which were all that was available) for the medical workers.”.

Both the conditions & the science changed, but what people heard and held to was masks don’t work….

The CDC said this month that the delta variant, which is highly transmissible, is now the dominant coronavirus strain across the country

Fauci described the delta variant as the greatest threat to eliminating the coronavirus last month, after the World Health Organization declared it a "variant of concern" in May