Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams
Jerome AdamsSunday shows preview: Bipartisan infrastructure talks drag on; Democrats plow ahead with Jan. 6 probe The Hill's Morning Report - Surging COVID-19 infections loom over US, Olympics Surgeon general defends CDC lifting mask mandate MORE, who served during the Trump administration, said on Sunday that the pandemic is “spiraling out of control yet again,” as cases begin to rise and the country’s vaccination rate plateaus.
“More mitigation is coming, whether it's masking or whether it's closures or whether it's your kids having to return to virtual learning, that is coming. And it's coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again, and it's spiraling out of control because we don't have enough people vaccinated,” Adams told host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
“So get vaccinated because it helps your neighbors, but get vaccinated because it's going to help every single American enjoy the freedoms that we want to return to,” Adams continued.
“More mitigation is coming, whether it is masking or closures or whether it is your kids having to return to virtual learning," @JeromeAdamsMD says. “It is coming because this pandemic is spiraling out of control yet again...because we don't have enough people vaccinated.” pic.twitter.com/zKHG1qlMIo
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 25, 2021
More than 163 million people in the U.S. are fully inoculated against COVID-19, which translates to 49.1 percent of the total population, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC reports that 56.8 percent of the U.S. population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Cases have been on the rise in recent weeks, however, as the highly infectious delta variant spreads through the country. The surge in infections have mainly affected those who have not been vaccinated.
Anthony Fauci
Anthony FauciCNN: Every county in Florida, Arkansas rated 'high transmission' for community spread Rising case count reignites debate over COVID-19 restrictions Trump surgeon general: 'Pandemic is spiraling out of control' MORE, President Biden
Joe BidenTrump endorses Ken Paxton over George P. Bush in Texas attorney general race GOP lawmakers request Cuba meeting with Biden For families, sending money home to Cuba shouldn't be a political football MORE’s chief medical adviser, said on Sunday in a separate interview that COVID-19 has become an “outbreak among the unvaccinated.”
Vaccine hesitancy is still proving to be a hurdle in reaching herd immunity, as sectors of the population remain steadfast in their opposition to getting inoculated.
Adams told Dickerson that one of the quickest ways to increase the country’s inoculation rate and reduce vaccine hesitancy is by getting the shots fully authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Currently, the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccines are all available through the FDA’s emergency use authorization.
“If you want to get a bunch of people vaccinated really quickly, get these vaccines licensed. And then you’ll see the military make it mandatory, you’ll see businesses make it mandatory,” Adams said.
Former U.S. Surgeon General @JeromeAdamsMD: “The quickest to get people vaccinated is through mandates...if you want to get a bunch of people vaccinated really quickly, get the vaccines licensed and you'll see the military make it mandatory & businesses make it mandatory.” pic.twitter.com/0kIvrDXZaC
— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) July 25, 2021
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