Trump’s former surgeon general Jerome Adams is coming out against RFK Jr. and Casey Means

President Donald Trump’s former surgeon general joined the chorus of critics speaking out against public health officials like Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Casey Means.

Years after his tenure as surgeon general during Trump’s first administration and his stint on the White House Coronavirus Task Force, Dr. Jerome Adams had remained in the public eye, pushing The Science™ with boosters. Now, as Health and Human Services Secretary Kennedy upended the status quo at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the former official insisted current policies “Will Put Lives at Risk.”

Such was part of the headline Tuesday when Adams penned an op-ed for Time criticizing Kennedy’s decision for a fresh start at the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) be removing all existing members.

“While I typically try to focus on policies over personalities, it has become necessary to directly address the role of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as the head of HHS,” Adams told The Hill having asserted, “These shifts not only jeopardize public health but also threaten to erode trust in our health institutions at a critical time.”

“His position means he is directly involved in shaping the policies that affect national and global public health, which is why my most recent Time op-ed and social media posts specifically mention him,” continued the anesthesiologist. “However, I remain focused on the broader implications of these policies rather than solely on RFKs motivations and actions as an individual.”

The former surgeon general, who had been a member of Trump’s White House Coronavirus Task Force alongside Vice President Mike Pence and Drs. Anthony Fauci, Deborah Birx and Robert Redfield, lamented the CDC’s decision against recommending COVID-19 shots for children and pregnant women before writing, “Compounding these changes, the abrupt removal of ACIP’s entire panel of independent experts, who have guided evidence-based vaccine policy for decades, risks destabilizing a cornerstone of public health.”

“These actions collectively restrict access to a vital tool for saving lives and undermine confidence in our health systems,” he went on.

The day prior, when Kennedy had issued his removal of the members of the committee, Brownstone Institute President Jeffrey A. Tucker had shared a segment of an ACIP meeting from February 2018 showcasing the “independent experts” where unanimous votes were cast in favor of vaccines while admitting to lack all of the data.

“For those new to ACIP who want to know why RFK blew up the entire racket today, you need only watch this clip of a typical meeting,” wrote Tucker. “Just remember when you read the thousands of MSM articles on how RFK is ‘anti-science,’ this is the garbage they are defending.”

Just remember when you read the thousands of MSM articles on how RFK is “anti-science,” this is the garbage they are defending.

— Jeffrey A Tucker (@jeffreyatucker) June 10, 2025

Adams also criticized the lack of a medical license for Trump’s new nomination for surgeon general, Casey Means, while contending, “I do not know and have nothing against Dr. Means — but I feel strongly that the person who is leading America’s Public Health Service should be held to the same standard as the people he or she is leading.”

Amid the former surgeon general’s concerns about the “expert class,” he turned to a post from panic porn poster child and charlatan epidemiologist Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding, a nutritionist, who had accused Kennedy of “Lies, damn lies,” as he himself wrote, “Hearing some on Capitol Hill are expressing growing concern that HHS officials have committed perjury during confirmation hearings. Many gave explicit vaccine assurances to Congress, now brazenly broken, suggesting deliberate misrepresentation.”

Hearing some on Capitol Hill are expressing growing concern that HHS officials may have committed perjury during confirmation hearings. Many gave explicit vaccine assurances to Congress, now brazenly broken, suggesting deliberate misrepresentation. https://t.co/oPhspn8uza

— Jerome Adams (@JeromeAdamsMD) June 11, 2025

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Native of Brooklyn, NY, Kevin Haggerty is a graduate of Hunter College where he studied Cultural Anthropology and Geography. An avid reader and truth seeker, he currently resides in Texas with his wife and their dog and, when he isn’t researching current events and their impacts, you’ll find him spending time with friends and family or working on his next novel.

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