Former Trump-era Surgeon General Jerome Adams tweeted on Sunday that “‘We will never lock down again,’ is a political campaign slogan” and that’s because “We never ‘locked down before (especially so in the places that most complain about it) so we can’t do it ‘again…'”:
Today’s IDK who needs to hear this:
“We will never lock down again,” is a political campaign slogan- not a real and honest discussion about pandemic policy.
We NEVER “locked down” before (especially so in the places that most complain about it) so we can’t do it “again…”
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) July 10, 2022
It would have been nice for him to say this after the first three months of the lockdown he said never happened:
If your position is, “with the knowledge and the tools we have gained we must do all we can to keep from closing schools,” then I completely agree.
Or perhaps “we can utilize those same lessons and tools to help keep businesses open”-
I also agree with this- so lets discuss!— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) July 10, 2022
Good advice! Might we suggest being honest with yourself, Jerome, and apologizing for everything you got WRONG?
Pandemic hyperbole is as rampant and deadly as Covid19. If we want to have sincere and honest conversations about policy, we’ve got to be sincere and honest ourselves. Starting w/
acknowledging we never truly locked down, yet we must do all we can to keep open in the future.👍🏽— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) July 10, 2022
And as for “we never truly locked down,” that’s news to millions of Americans:
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April 15, 2020: I had to pretend to be homeless (immune from arrest) to visit an empty, fenced-off, guarded Santa Monica Beach during peak COVID lockdown hysteria. Will never see this sight again. Yet @JeromeAdamsMD denies having lockdowns? @ChristinaPushaw @DrJBhattacharya pic.twitter.com/O1Lou6pQF2
— Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD (@houmanhemmati) July 10, 2022
Twitchy favorite Nice Searcy added, “Shut up, liar”:
Shut up, liar. You liars and sycophants shut us down for nothing once. We are not stupid enough to let you do it again. Get Thee behind me, @JeromeAdamsMD. https://t.co/aIaNPrwRp3
— Nick Searcy, INSURRECTIONAL FILM & TELEVISION STAR (@yesnicksearcy) July 10, 2022
And here’s a random kid from Minnesota dunking on Adams with a reminder of all he lost with the lockdown:
As someone who lived in lockdown hell in MN for 2 years, I lost 1) my high school graduation 2) my prom 3) my first year of college 4) social interaction. Public health locked me in my bedroom along with many other kids. If that doesn’t constitute lockdown, I don’t know what does
— Ryan (@ryanciminski) July 10, 2022
But then Adams made it worse, telling this kid that “people like Brittany Griner, or my brother (who actually WAS in prison in 2020) would argue that there are different degrees of ‘lockdown hell”:
I appreciate what you went through (I have 3 school age kids who went through the same). I respectfully would suggest people like Brittany Griner, or my brother (who actually WAS in prison in 2020) would argue that there are different degrees of “lockdown hell.”
— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) July 10, 2022
What a ratio, too:
This is some ratio.
No one is arguing the unnecessary school closings is the same Brittany Griner in a Russian prison. It's a different and unnecessary infringement on the development and freedom of America's children and you need to answer for the damage you have caused. https://t.co/C3rLPmf8K6
— Nathan Wurtzel (@NathanWurtzel) July 10, 2022
Adams’ brother battled addiction which his family thinks led to his incarceration, so this may be a good time to remind Adams that states banned AA meetings and such (sorry for the typo below):
they closed down AAA meetings, Jerome. https://t.co/vDSK23Ft5i
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) July 10, 2022
So, he’s saying there were lockdowns? It’s all so confusing:
Sorry- that’s what I thought you meant but wanted to make sure. And my brother was released from prison in the middle of the pandemic-
and unable to find treatment for his substance use disorder. So I get it. That’s why this matters so much to me.— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) July 10, 2022
And way to play the Griner card, too. That’s impressive:
Were you literally in a Russian prison during the Covid pandemic? No? Then shut up. https://t.co/uZTptHwmNl
— David Marcus (@BlueBoxDave) July 10, 2022
Can people who got the Covid response so, so wrong please stop talking?
You know there are other uses of Twitter besides destroying your own credibility
— Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) July 10, 2022
Sheesh. Bring on Ron DeSantis, stat:
Surgeon General of the United States, 2017-2021 (appointed by President Donald Trump).
That’s the case for Ron DeSantis in a nutshell: no more of this, ever again. pic.twitter.com/f0bluUr40C
— The End Times (@TheAgeofShoddy) July 10, 2022
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