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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

7 years

Let's all thrive together!

Indiana Department of Health

@StateHealthIN

7 years

"Public health is about creating conditions where everyone can not only survive, but thrive." @JeromeAdamsMD

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Flying today. A @delta pilot (🤯) walked by me in the airport and said, take your mask off man- breath free! Why is it those who so strongly felt others were imposing their beliefs (in health, wellness and compassion) on them, feel so free to impose their beliefs on others?!

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

I get the frustration and the intent, but is anyone else a little uneasy at how @POTUS seems to be blaming everything on the unvaccinated? This could backfire. Many minorities still have historically founded reservations. Many people have honest questions… 🤔

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Prayers requested for the most beautiful cancer fighter I know. My wife’s melanoma is back and treatment has been really hard on her. She gave me permission to post this to ⬆️ melanoma awareness. See a dermatologist right away if a mole changes /looks different from your others!

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Jerome Adams

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1 year

The reason we didn’t recommend masks for respiratory viruses prior to covid is that most people were symptomatic- So our advice was simply to stay home if sick. Covid (50%+ asymptomatic) changed that logic. But it also revealed most people weren’t staying home even if sick…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Twitter tip for the week: If you tweet about how inspiring it is that Ukrainians are risking their lives to defeat a common enemy, and then tweet it’s your “right” to do nothing to protect others from covid, people may question your sincerity (or your sanity). Be well!✌🏽🇺🇦

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

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.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

My wife is being admitted to the hospital due to complications w/ her cancer treatment. I’m not allowed to see her due to #COVID19 restrictions, & I’m hoping she doesn’t have to spend New Year’s in a hallway because the beds are full. What you do matters, even beyond COVID...

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

This is Mr. Melvin. He was my Uber driver today. He also has had a double lung transplant and is waiting on a kidney transplant. I wanted you to meet him because he is impacted by the recent mask ruling, and who you’re talking about when you say people are on their own... 🧵

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

So you are 96% likely to walk/sit by/ breathe the air of someone infected while flying. You can choose to rely only on air filtration (which helps on a running plane- NOT in TSA, boarding, etc), but this ends debate on utility of N95 use during air travel.

Coronavirus found in samples from 96% of flights

If you believe it’s now safe to fly without a protective mask, you might want to think again. New research shows the COVID-19 virus has been found on nearly every flight.

www.audacy.com

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

5 months

Had an echocardiogram this morning. I was masked, as was the echo tech. She had the sniffles/ was clearing her throat throat. Several points: 1) She ideally should’ve stayed home from work - but in the real world, that’s not always a choice for people. This further underscores…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

This isn’t just about planes. This means a 4 year old kid with cancer who’s parents have no vehicle might be forced to sit next to a floridly sick / coughing covid patient with no mask on a bus, while going to get chemo. But tell me about the great ventilation systems on those…

Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Restate this headline. I’ll go first: Federal Judge says kids under 5 with chronic illnesses- stay home, or you’re on your own! CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge - CNNPolitics

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

Real email I just received while trying to refinance my mortgage…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

10 months

My son is named my Eli. My golf instructor is named Eli. I texted my son to tell him to take the dogs and the trash out. My golf instructor then texted me, “is 1030 tomorrow okay?” I fired back a not so nice message… 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

FTR, @delta has done a better job than most at #COVID19 precautions throughout the pandemic- but all airlines really need to talk to their employees about being respectful of others - people like me who may have immunocompromised family members. Respect is a 2 way street.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

At the Indianapolis airport, on my way for the first of two work trips this week. Vaccinated, wearing my mask, and using plenty of hand sanitizer while traveling. Covid aside, I don’t want to get flu or RSV (or any other viruses circulating) before Christmas! 😷 💉 🎅🏾

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

I respectfully disagree with many of my colleagues who are espousing the idea that prematurely dropping mask mandates will somehow make it easier to bring them back if/ when things get worse again. (How’d that work out when CDC said vaccinated could unmask last summer? 🤔)

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

4 years

Some feel face coverings infringe on their freedom of choice- but if more wear them, we’ll have MORE freedom to go out. Face coverings ➡️ less asymptomatic viral spread ➡️ more places open, and sooner! Exercise and promote your freedom by choosing to wear a face covering!

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

Instead of vax it OR mask it, the emerging data suggests CDC should be advising to vax it AND mask it in areas with ⬆️ cases and positivity- until we see numbers going back down again. CDC was well intended, but the message was misinterpreted, premature, & wrong. Let’s fix it.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

I personally know multiple white people who have questioned a police officer after being pulled over (some of them were even intoxicated at the time). None of them were ever told, “Get the fuck out of the car,” or “Bitch put your (hands) behind your back before I break them." 🤔

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Jerome Adams

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2 months

Recently had an ER visit for dehydration while out of town. Received some labs and 3 IV bags. Here's the bill- AFTER insurance. It's no wonder medical debt is the top cause of bankruptcy in the U.S. 🏥💸 #HealthcareCosts #MedicalDebtCrisis

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

An alternative to the “no germs” theory of ⬆️ respiratory infections: Over 80% of the population has now been exposed to Covid and it’s been shown you can be immunosuppressed months after infection. So our increased infection rate, may be due to our increased infection rate. 🤯

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Today’s IDK who needs to hear this: I can choose to protect myself, and you can choose to protect yourself, but a 4 year old with cancer, or cystic fibrosis, or diabetes, can’t get vaccinated, and likely can’t get a good fitting N95 mask. I.e. they CANT just protect themselves…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

Remember how they used to take teenagers who didn’t understand the ramifications of their poor decisions into prisons to “scare them straight?” Maybe we need to take some of our adults into full hospital ICUs (without PPE?) so they understand the reality of Covid. 🤔

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Jerome Adams

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1 year

We focus on vaccination- yet ventilation is our largest ROI- yet least utilized mitigation tool. One in every classroom & store would save 100,000 lives, EZ.👇🏽 The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic | Smithsonian

The Homemade Air Purifier That's Been Saving Lives During the Covid-19 Pandemic

Made from everyday items found in hardware stores, the Corsi-Rosenthal box is a testament to the power of grassroots innovation

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

A friend recently asked if I still mask when I travel. Today was case in point. Sat by someone who clearly had a respiratory virus (coughing, sneezing, runny nose all through flight). It may or may not have been covid, but I don’t want to get sick from anything. Glad I had my 😷

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 months

Fascinating how wearing masks (or not) can be contagious. When boarding my plane, I had on my mask. Several people upon noticing me, also retrieved theirs and put them on. Seems seeing others wearing masks provides a social cue or reassurance to do the same. 😷👍🏽

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

11 months

US pregnancy related mortality rate (ie the chance that a woman will die due to pregnancy related causes): 1980s: 7/ 100,000 1990s: 10/ 100,000 2010s: 17/ 100,000 2020: 23/ 100,000 2021: 33/ 100,000 🤯😞

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

11 months

1) Vaccines do NOT cause autism. This is well established. 2) Vaccines have saved 100s of millions of lives. Societal benefits FAR outweigh risks. 3) Most vaccines achieve societal benefit through herd immunity, and large scale immunization of those deemed “low risk.”

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

Just found out a family member who previously recovered from #COVID19 has been diagnosed with it again, and isn’t doing so great. Thats why @CDCgov recommends people still wear a mask/take precautions, and still get vaccinated- Even if you’ve already had it. Be careful!

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Was just speaking w/ a pharmacist. Her parents were covid positive, met criteria for Paxlovid. Telehealth said needed to see in person to prescribe. Clinic said her parents weren’t sick enough to be seen in person. If it’s this hard for a pharmacist, what’s it like for others?!

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

There are increasing school districts across the country where you are required to notify the school (and keep your kids home) if they are suspected of having lice, but not #COVID19 . This virus is not just affecting our lungs- it seems to be attacking our collective brains…

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

The President’s #COVID19 speech yesterday was designed & delivered to leave you feeling angry if vaccinated, and ashamed if unvaccinated. It was a war speech, but the enemy wasn’t the virus- it was your neighbor. Problem is, many minorities, women, & children are in that group.

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Jerome Adams

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1 year

When we all started wearing masks (and staying home) in 2020, it slowed covid, but also ⬇️ flu and RSV far more than many expected. That’s why it now makes more sense to recommend masks, and “nudges” like paid time off to encourage isolation if sick, with rising flu/ rsv/ covid.

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Jerome Adams

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9 months

First day of school. My daughter is stressed because she has to figure out how to carry her books all day without a backpack- the school isn’t allowing them due to fear someone will sneak in a firearm. No matter your position on guns, where we are now isn’t working. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

Don’t know who needs to hear this, but if you live (or lead) in a place where the US citizenry are almost/ over 50% unvaccinated, science and math tell us it’s not “illegal immigrants” that are causing your #covid19 surge...

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

4 years

On Sean Conley: 1) He’s a D.O.- which means he IS a medical doctor 2) He’s a Navy officer- not a trained spokesperson 3) He has an unenviable job of trying to balance patient privacy vs an insatiable public appetite for every medical detail 4) He’s a good person in a tough spot

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

6 months

Real conversation with my (black female) Uber driver just now: Me: did you get your updated flu and Covid vaccines? Her: hell no – I’m not putting that poison in my body. Me: I hear that a lot. What makes you say that? Her: you can’t trust the government. And I don’t smoke or…

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

I’m an anesthesiologist. And a dad. And I can assure you in both capacities that your child will be far more comfortable if they’re in a face mask, than on a ventilator. If you’re making a choice on behalf of a child, please choose based on their comfort, vs yours. 🙏🏽

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

You can be a safe driver, yet risk of dying depends on local road conditions, emergency response capacity, & actions of other drivers. You can take all Covid precautions, yet risk of dying still depends on local spread, hospital capacity, & the actions of those around you. 🤔

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Today’s IDK who needs to hear this: There are literally 99 other possible #COVID19 strategies besides zero Covid and 100% Covid… 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

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8 months

📢 Our largest missed #pandemic opportunity is absolutely ventilation. 😔 It's disheartening to see how this crucial aspect has been overlooked throughout the pandemic. Ventilation is a solution that is both politically and medically noncontroversial, requiring no significant…

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Jerome Adams

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9 months

Whenever we see flu cases surging, we alert the public, tell them to take precautions, and advise people to get vaccinated. So, even for the people who think Covid is “just the flu,” why are so many so opposed to us doing the same for a surge in Covid cases? 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

This week the richest people in the world took common sense, easy- but strict- precautions to ensure they didn’t catch Covid-19. After all, these are rich and important people. We don’t want them to get sick or get long covid. But everyone else…🤷🏽‍♂️

Billionaires at Davos don't think COVID is a cold

A few weeks ago, the New York Times called mask-wearers "the last holdouts". This week, the world's richest people went to great lengths to protect themselves from COVID

www.thegauntlet.news

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Instead of demanding a return to school, people should be demanding the right resources and environments to ensure a safe return to school. You wouldn’t demand the immediate take off of a plane with broken windows, a malfunctioning gauges, and no landing gear…

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Jerome Adams

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4 months

After Christmas I drove 9 hrs to visit my mother who is in a nursing home. Was told just before visiting that she tested positive for Covid/ was isolated. Without seeing my mother, I drove 9 hrs back home. Ask me again why I’m “obsessed” with masking in healthcare settings… 😡

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Jerome Adams

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1 year

Instead of 4 tests arriving in January, the Biden administration could do FAR more to ⬇️ viral spread over the holidays (for less money, and for more diseases), by making N95 masks available for people at airports, and at subway, bus and train stations. Agree? ✈️ 🚃 😷🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

8 months

Guess what tweeps?! I just got my updated #covid19 vaccine at my local ⁦ @cvspharmacy ⁩! 💉(Special shout out and thanks to the pharmacy student who administered it.) Talk to YOUR health provider and get the facts. Once you do, please consider the vax! 👩🏽‍⚕️🙏🏽

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Jerome Adams

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9 months

I’m a black male. I have asthma. And a speech impediment. My family relied on government assistance programs to put food on the table. I grew up in a rural community. I faced countless obstacles to become the 20th US surgeon general. Just so you know, YOU can do anything! 👍🏽

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

Now you have health officials, cities & counties (eg LA County), & likely soon states issuing guidance in direct conflict w/ the mask guidance @CDCgov issued a month ago. The sooner CDC says we were wrong, & hits the reset button, the better. Trust me- I know more than anyone.

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Jerome Adams

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8 months

Again, these are “reported” tests. Meaning done in a medical setting. Meaning people were sick enough to go to a doctor and seek care (which we don’t do for a “cold”), as there simply is no routine testing or surveillance happening in most of US. It’s the tip of the iceberg.

BNO News

@BNOFeed

8 months

Florida reports 23,960 new COVID cases this week, an increase of 29% from 2 weeks ago

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Jerome Adams

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12 days

My wife and daughter are watching Greys anatomy. And they get mad at me every time I make a comment about how what is happening on the show is unethical, or illegal, or impossible. But EVERY time I walk by, they are doing something unethical, or illegal, or impossible. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Today’s IDK who needs to hear this: In hindsight health officials (and politicians) were wrong to frame #covid19 and covid vaccines as all about death. #Longcovid (eg brain aging) impacts FAR more than 1% of infected - including kids. So no, this isn’t “no worse than a cold.”

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

This dude just sat in my 1st class seat in row 2 (across from his travel companions), and refused to get up when I politely said I think that’s my seat. Takeoff was delayed while flight attendants confirmed that his seat was- in row 19. Not making this up…🤦🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Whether you disbelieve the science on masking, or you feel it’s your “right” not to mask, or you just don’t like it, one reason that I mask in public is out of #respect for others who may be immunocompromised, unvaccinated, or unaware of my vax status. Compassion still matters.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

28 days

Sad but true story: on plane (in my mask) this morning and lady next to me starts talking about covid. Says she works for @Toyota and they told her she had to train with a gentleman who admitted he had covid, but didn’t want to lose his attendance bonus…🤦🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Had to take a family member to a local hospital today. They asked me to remove my brand new KN95 mask to put on their surgical mask. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Meanwhile people walk by with old surgical masks on, no problem. IDK why hospitals can’t get this figured out. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

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7 months

I always wonder: why do the people who bring up Sweden as a Covid exemplar never bring up New Zealand (who had some of the toughest Covid policies in the world, along with some of the best outcomes, and highest trust in government)? And why do they also fail to recognize both…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

What Dr. 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…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

25 days

The barista at ⁦ @Starbucks ⁩ was wearing a surgical mask. Makes perfect sense she’d want to protect herself since she is exposed to hundreds of travelers a day. I always carry new/ individually wrapped KN95s and gave her one. She was incredibly grateful!

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Jerome Adams

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9 months

Finally on the plane!🙌🏽 I admittedly don’t mask as much as I used to (though that’s changing with cases increasing), but masking while in the airport / flying is low effort, and potentially high reward- for me and others around me! Glad to see others increasingly agree! ✈️ 😷👍🏽

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Jerome Adams

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11 months

No matter how you feel about his covid work, our Nation owes thanks to my good friend Tony Fauci for 50 years of government service. Glad to see him again at @TheHillHealth !

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

One of my kids had a Covid case in class. 1) Found out about it days later 2) School’s quarantine guidance based on alpha vs delta variant (ie 15 minutes) 3) No Covid testing available at/ via school 4) No testing availability at local pharmacy till Tuesday… #schoolreopening

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

We’re going to see more of this from companies. It not about politics, but the bottom line. Businesses are increasingly viewing unvaxxed as a workplace liability. Kroger no longer offering paid emergency leave to unvaccinated workers who catch COVID-19

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

I’m a doctor, a public health expert, and a former lab researcher. And I’m a dad. And I weighed the pros and cons and decided to get my 15 and 17 year old vaccinated. And as soon as the Covid vaccines are available for ages 5-11, I’ll get my 11 year old vaccinated too. 💉

Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

As parents begin contemplating whether or not to vax their kids, a gentle reminder that delta’s transmissibility is a game changer: Your choices are to get the vaccine, or get the virus. And for any bad outcome you’re worried about, the virus has shown itself to be worse…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

At airport in Denver. Mask wearing (esp high filtration) the highest I’ve seen it in a while, but still less than 5%. Even if you feel like Covid is = “the flu,” you still wouldn’t want the flu to ruin your trip or harm your loved one. Masking while traveling isn’t hard! 👍🏽

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Have to admit I’m becoming more than a little disappointed in colleagues saying “ we have the tools to live with the virus, as defense for the let ‘er rip strategy. Being a health equity advocate means knowing that YOU have the tools isn’t the same as everyone else having them.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

Headed to DC from Indy. Really surprised- I’m seeing more people with masks on this flight than I’ve seen in a while, and mostly high filtration/ N95s! Glad the word is finally getting out there- you can choose to lower your chances of getting sick while traveling! 😷 ✈️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

9 months

Except: 80% not up-to-date on vaccines – worse for black and brown communities. Updated vaccine is not available for another month at least. Marginalized communities can’t access treatment / tests/ N95s. I just don’t understand the reason for such disregard for vulnerable.🤷🏽‍♂️

Ashish K. Jha, MD, MPH

@ashishkjha

9 months

Largely agree with Tulio. At this point, not super worried about EG.5 We will get new variants. They will cause increases in infections The answer is the same Keep up w vaccines Get treated if infected Use masks and tests if you wish And don’t worry about every new variant

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Long #covid . That’s it. That’s the tweet.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

4 years

My wife ( @lada9912 ) is starting treatment today for metastatic melanoma. She is scared, so please wish her luck! She is a melanoma prevention advocate, and would tell you all to wear sunscreen, avoid tanning beds, and do self skin checks! 🙏🏽

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Jerome Adams

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22 days

Once you get past all the “it’s just a cold” bluster, it’s amazing to consider how many people who will tell you they still have a cough/ wheeze/ are taking an inhaler/ fatigue/ are “not back to normal” long after they’ve had Covid. I know I’m not the only one who hears this.🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

The @delta flight attendant just made a passive aggressive anti mask announcement over the PA as we were boarding. 🤦🏽‍♂️ Nothing terrible, but certainly not something that would’ve made anyone choosing to wear a mask feel welcome. @CarlosdelRio7 - don’t you advise Delta?

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Jerome Adams

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1 year

A study of 40 million people found those infected with COVID-19 before receiving a vaccine were 11x more at risk for developing myocarditis within 28 days of testing positive for the virus. Risk was cut in half if infected after receiving vaccination!

COVID-19 infection poses higher risk for myocarditis than vaccines

The overall risk of myocarditis was higher immediately after being infected with COVID-19 than in the weeks after vaccination for the coronavirus, new research shows.

www.heart.org

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Jerome Adams

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2 years

Getting ready to travel for a conference. I always test “in” (to protect fellow attendees) and test “out” to protect my family. With as much money as organizations waste on crap swag at these meetings, there’s really no excuse not to provide everyone with two $10 tests. 🤦🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

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3 years

Today my son was one of the first 15 year olds in Indiana to get his ⁦ @pfizer ⁩ #covid19 vaccine, AND he got interviewed by ⁦ @WISH_TV ⁩ (they had no clue he was the former Surgeon General’s son 😂)! WTG Eli, and all the 12-15 year olds helping us to a new normal!

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

8 months

IDK who needs to hear this, but encouraging masks and vaccines doesn’t automatically make you a mandating cultist tyrant, and you can be against hasty mandates w/o insisting any mitigation is useless, or that the vulnerable don’t matter/ shouldn’t have safe access to society.🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

I’ve tweeted it before but it’s worth repeating -one of the most useful and cost-effective measures the Biden administration could take (more so than 4 free tests) would be to make high filtration masks available to people as they board planes, trains, buses, metros. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

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So there actually really is a pandemic related “immune deficit.” Only it’s not from lack of exposure to all viruses- it’s from over exposure to one particular virus…🤦🏽‍♂️

Yaneer Bar-Yam

@yaneerbaryam

5 months

Direct evidence for COVID causing more infections of RSV published last month RSV risk 40% higher (RR 1.4) after COVID Association of COVID-19 with RSV infections in children aged 0–5 years in the USA in 2022: a multicentre retrospective cohort study 1/

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

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Just now: Heard the ⁦⁦ @AmericanAir ⁩ gate agents talking about the Covid surge and discussing how to stay safe, because Bryson actually had a heart attack a few years ago. I offered him a new KN95 from my stash. God has a way of putting you where you’re needed! 🙏🏽

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

4 months

Fascinating to me that someone would actually brag about not following CDC and public health guidance for outbreak management - especially for vulnerable nursing home patients- and not think it creates a legal liability. I hope if anyone’s family member is harmed from a covid…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

28 days

They told her SHE could wear a mask if she wanted, but that because CDC changed their “rules,” they couldn’t force the man (WHO WAS SICK AND ADMITTED HE HAD COVID!!!), to wear a mask, or to go home. In other words, he had a right to infect others, but they had no rights. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

28 days

We need paid time off for sick people Employers need to understand workplace outbreaks are bad for business, and remove barriers or policies that encourage transmission We need to get back to basic respect for each other. You don’t willingly expose others to a deadly disease

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

Me: Let’s agree to follow reasonable Covid-19 precautions. Them: No! We need to be more like Sweden! Me: Ok- so you support 87%+ vax rate for 12 and up, and 56% income tax rates, so we can provide services to protect the vulnerable? Them: Heck no! That’s un American! 🤷🏽‍♂️

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

I debated posting this as I know people on both sides will take it the wrong way. But this part of what ⁦⁦ @TimScottSC ⁩ said last night is my lived experience. I’ve been called racial epithets by progressives far more than by conservatives. Be the change you wish to see.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

28 days

1) CDC issues guidance, not hard and fast rules. Yet lawyers view them as binding. 2) No matter the disease, people should stay home if sick, and no one has a “right” to knowingly put others at risk. 3) This makes no business sense. Sick workers are less productive, & cost more.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

10 months

And we aren’t even testing asymptomatic people- or really anyone, unless they’re already really sick…😟

BNO News

@BNOFeed

10 months

COVID-19 cases in Florida are on the rise, with nearly 10,000 cases reported during the past week, up 51% from last month

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 months

I also don’t understand those accusing mask wearers of being “sheep.” Sheep follow the flock. As most aren’t currently masking in the midst of cold and flu season, wouldn’t that make non maskers the sheep? 🐑 I like a good burn as much as anyone, but it’s got to make sense.🤷🏽‍♂️

Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 months

Fascinating how wearing masks (or not) can be contagious. When boarding my plane, I had on my mask. Several people upon noticing me, also retrieved theirs and put them on. Seems seeing others wearing masks provides a social cue or reassurance to do the same. 😷👍🏽

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 years

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

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

9 months

A common retort from never maskers is “what’s the point if you take it off (eg to eat)? 100% compliance isn’t required to benefit from seatbelts, condoms, bike helmets… or masks. The more you use a preventive measure, the more you benefit- especially in high risk situations.

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

3 months

I’ve been asked for my thoughts on the rumor that the CDC will be changing #covid19 isolation guidance. Here are a few key points to consider: 1. The science behind isolation measures has NOT changed and should not be disregarded simply because the public has grown weary of…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Wondering how many -and how soon- politicians (and health pundits) are going to yell, “there’s no way anyone could’ve seen this coming…” 🤔 An omicron 'subvariant' is doubling in NY, just as mandates lift - Gothamist

An omicron 'subvariant' is doubling in NY, just as mandates lift

Health experts discuss whether this variant will stay in the background as New York’s winter surge peters out or lengthen the wave right as life is getting back to normal.

gothamist.com

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

4 years

1) Coronavirus is real, and it can kill you 2) No matter how you feel about it or masks, we won’t be able to reopen and stay open if it’s still being spread. 3) Wearing a mask isn’t hard, and if can help us reopen then why not try it? Help us (& yourself) out. Wear a 😷

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

8 months

Me trying desperately to dodge covid during this surge that’s hitting seemingly everyone, while waiting (and waiting… and waiting…) for the updated vaccine to be available…👇🏽

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Things that aren’t 100% effective that most people endorse/ use anyway: -Seatbelts -Life jackets -Condoms -A college degree -Most every medication known to man -The herd immunity afforded by others who’ve been vaccinated 🤔 Get the facts. Then please- consider your vax! 💉

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

And to the pilot who advised me to take off my mask and “breathe free,” I hope you didn’t harm one of your vulnerable passengers with your actions and advice, and that you don’t have or get long covid from your 96% daily chance of encountering the virus.

Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Flying today. A @delta pilot (🤯) walked by me in the airport and said, take your mask off man- breath free! Why is it those who so strongly felt others were imposing their beliefs (in health, wellness and compassion) on them, feel so free to impose their beliefs on others?!

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Took my 17, 16, and 12 year old out to breakfast. Ordered a mimosa. The waitress literally refused to bring it to me until I went to my car to get my ID. If I managed to have 3 kids and still be under 21, AND brought them all to breakfast, I should get bottomless mimosas…

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

5 months

I had a 3.9 GPA in high school- while taking advanced courses. And in college, while majoring in biochem. And I was a state health director, and then surgeon general. And people with far fewer qualifications still call me a diversity hire. So what was that about meritocracy? 🤔

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

1 year

Wow- at the Charlotte airport and I’ve NEVER seen it so packed (and I travel a LOT). Forget 6ft- you literally can’t get an arms length away from the next nearest person. No wonder Nationwide viral spread is off the chain. KN95 and vaccines, don’t fail me now!!! 😷

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Jerome Adams

@JeromeAdamsMD

2 years

Ethically I still can’t fathom advising a patient to do something I wouldn’t do for myself. And I still haven’t talked to a single doctor -including at CDC/ FDA/ NIH- who would let someone who tested positive 5 days ago but had “resolving symptoms” near their loved ones. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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