Surgeon General Dodges Qs on Trump’s No-Mask-Required July 4th Parties

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The surgeon general on Friday dodged questions about two large gatherings that President Donald Trump is hosting this weekend.

The Trump events, at Mount Rushmore and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., are expected to host thousands — no masks required.

Jerome Adams, the surgeon general, has consistently advanced the commonsense CDC guidance that would preclude events like these. But, asked Saturday morning whether he would recommend that a loved one attend one of Trump’s parties, Adams hemmed and hawed.

“If a loved one came to you, Dr. Adams, and said ‘Should I go to one of those events?’ what would you advice?” NBC’s Craig Melvin asked the doctor.

Adams began listing through his “surgeon general’s prescription for staying safe from coronavirus” — general information about crowd sizes, social distancing, and the elevated risk of COVID-19 for the elderly and immunocompromised. Melvin cut him off.

“We know that large gatherings present the biggest risk right now. Would you advise someone to go to a large gathering? Yes or no.”

“It’s not a yes or no,” Adams said, adding: “As you mentioned, CDC says larger gatherings are a higher risk.”

He emphasized his “most important thing”: Wearing a mask.

“If we all wear these, we will actually have more independence and more freedom, because more places will be able to stay open, and we’ll have less spread of the disease.”

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  1. The surgeon general on Friday dodged questions about two large gatherings that President Donald Trump is hosting this weekend.

    FFS…do your job and NOT dodge questions that has life and death or sickness and health implications! Just STOP sucking up to your Dear Putin’s Orange Poodle!

  2. In my time in the Federal government, we–the career civil servants–discussed “regulatory capture” by Industry a lot. we never foresaw the political capture we see today. Naive I guess? Idealistic? Oath bound?

    This Surgeon General is an embarrassment and a 3-alarm fire.

  3. The Nation’s top doctor:

    "Am I pregnant Dr Adams ?

    “It’s not a yes or no…“As you mentioned, CDC says larger tummies are a higher risk.”

  4. Here’s another simple question with a simple answer: “You’re driving through the southwest and an individual is in distress and asks for water, would you recommend giving them some?”

    Our Surgeon General who is suppose to be our advocate for the health and well-being or our nation.

    Shame on him for the sickening and morally corrupt dodge.

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