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"Public health is about creating conditions where everyone can not only survive, but thrive." @JeromeAdamsMD
Jerome Adams
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Jerome Adams
@JeromeAdamsMD
Father, physician, author of Crisis and Chaos, Purdue University Distinguished Professor, Former IN Health Commissioner and 20th US Surgeon General
- 😡 My 20-year-old son (who turns 21 next month) was driving home to Indiana from Florida today—a grueling 19-hour trip. But guess what? Not a single @Marriott or @HiltonHotels in northern Florida or Georgia along I-75 would let him check in to sleep for the night. Even though I
- Wow… never could I have imagined that I’d be at DCA today when scores of American Airlines workers were lined up inside and outside to honor one of their own who was lost in the recent plane crash, as she goes “home.” Thanks to all who help us safely travel. 😢
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Flying out of DCA today, it was sobering to see the ongoing crash investigation. As a former first responder and trauma doc, I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to everyone working tirelessly to keep us safe during our travels. Your dedication does not go unnoticed. ✈️ 🙏🏽 - 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?!
- 1) My son just graduated from high school. He has applied to 20+ jobs and no one is hiring… yet I continue to experience bad or slow service everywhere I go, because businesses say no one wants to work. What gives? 🤷🏽♂️
- 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… 🤔
- 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!
- 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…
- 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!✌🏽🇺🇦
- 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.
- 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...
GIF - 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... 🧵
- mRNA research helped develop COVID vaccines in record time - saving millions of lives. Cutting half a billion in mRNA funding, as HHS Sec. Kennedy proposes, isn’t just bad policy - it’s dangerous. As a physician & recipient of mRNA vaccines, here’s what people need to know 🧵
- 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.
