Dr. Jerome Adams was previously appointed Indiana State Health Commissioner by Governor Mike Pence. He initially opposed a needle-exchange programs on "moral" grounds. Months later, during the subsequent HIV epidemic, he changed his position at the CDC's behest.
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I'm not sure how I'd evaluate his performance now. Saying "masks don't help" is going to be costly in terms of trust and serve as libertarian/conservative ammunition for further gutting gutted institutions. I think it was a terrible move.
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It may have been bad info propagation. But it's also a statement made under some pretty extreme constraints including, again, the Trump Administrations catastrophic, politically-motivated inaction.
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Such a lie may have been, on balance, a good bet for public health, allowing more resources to flow to first responders. But that calculus alone is evidence of some some deeply broken structures that need rebuilding.
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